looking to calculate the binding energy in MeV/ nucleon. its atomic mass is in amu. the mass of the particles is the following: electrons 0.004 protons 1.8 amu and their nutrons are 1.8, all of the particles are in amu. first atom is Q=22 second atom is L=48 and the mass of the whole atom is 46.00 amu.   I made up the numbers so just set it up please even if you run into a weird answer

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Problem 17E: The mass of the atom F919 is 18.99840 amu.. (a) Calculate its binding energy per atom in millions of...
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looking to calculate the binding energy in MeV/ nucleon. its atomic mass is in amu. the mass of the particles is the following: electrons 0.004 protons 1.8 amu and their nutrons are 1.8, all of the particles are in amu. first atom is Q=22 second atom is L=48 and the mass of the whole atom is 46.00 amu.

 
I made up the numbers so just set it up please even if you run into a weird answer
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