Find the nuclear binding energy of uranium-234 (atomic mass = 234.040947 amu) in units of joules per nucleon. [Data: neutron mass = 1.674928 x 10-24 g; proton mass = 1.672623 x 10-24 g; electron mass = 9.109387 x 10-28 g; NA = 6.0221367 x 1023 /mol; c= 2.99792458 x 108 m/s O 2.97 x 10-10 J/nucleon O 1.22 x 10-12 J/nucleon O 3.04 x 10-10 J/nucleon O 1.30 x 10-12 J/nucleon O 1.41 x 10-12 J/nucleon Ⓒ 1.27 x 10-12 J/nucleon

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Find the nuclear binding energy of uranium-234 (atomic mass = 234.040947 amu) in units of joules per nucleon. [Data: neutron mass = 1.674928 x 10-24 g; proton mass = 1.672623 × 10-24 g; electron
mass = 9.109387 × 10-28 g; NA = 6.0221367 x 1023 /mol; c = 2.99792458 x 108 m/s
O 2.97 x 10-10 J/nucleon
O 1.22 x 10-12 J/nucleon
O 3.04 x 10-10 J/nucleon
O 1.30 x 10-12 J/nucleon
O 1.41 x 10-12 J/nucleon
1.27 x 10-12 J/nucleon
Transcribed Image Text:Find the nuclear binding energy of uranium-234 (atomic mass = 234.040947 amu) in units of joules per nucleon. [Data: neutron mass = 1.674928 x 10-24 g; proton mass = 1.672623 × 10-24 g; electron mass = 9.109387 × 10-28 g; NA = 6.0221367 x 1023 /mol; c = 2.99792458 x 108 m/s O 2.97 x 10-10 J/nucleon O 1.22 x 10-12 J/nucleon O 3.04 x 10-10 J/nucleon O 1.30 x 10-12 J/nucleon O 1.41 x 10-12 J/nucleon 1.27 x 10-12 J/nucleon
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The atomic mass of uranium-234 is 234.040947 amu.

The mass of the proton is 1.672623×10-24 g.

The mass of the neutron is 1.674928×10-24 g.

The mass of the electron is 9.109387×10-28 g.

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