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Interpretation:
The mass of single
Concept introduction:
Mass of one atom is equal to the mass of total protons, neutrons, and mass defect.
Mass defect refers to difference in the mass of an atom and the sum of mass of protons, electrons, and neutrons present in the atom.
Energy is given by the following expression:
Here,
The number of neutrons is calculated as
The number of nucleons is calculated as
The relationship between and can be represented as
To convert the mass from amu to kilograms, conversion factor is
The mass of atom is calculated as
Here,
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