a carbon-12 atom has a mass defect of 0.9564 amu. what is its nuclear binding energy? round to 3 significant figures.

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Donald Mckinney

24 February, 02:32

a carbon-12 atom has a mass defect of 0.9564 amu. what is its nuclear binding energy? round to 3 significant figures.

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Rolando Pineda · Answer 1

1.43 x 10 - 11

Lizzy · Answer 2

A carbon-12 atom has a mass defect of 0.09564 amu. What is its nuclear binding energy? Round to 3 significant figures. x 10 J per carbon-12 atom

First use the formula;

1 amu = 934 MeV

therefore 0.09564 will have

934 x 934

= 89.3 MeV