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If the binding energy per nucleon of deuterium is 1.115 MeV, its mass defect in atomic mass unit is

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0.0048
0.0024
0.0012
0.0006

Solution :BINDING energy per NUCLEON is `E_"bn"=E_b/A`
For DEUTERIUM , A=2
`therefore ` 1.115 MeV=`E_b/2`
or `E_b=2xx1.115` MeV or `E_b=DeltaMc^2`
Mass defect, `DeltaM=(2xx1.115 )/931.5 U "" [because 1 u = 931.5 MeV//c^2]`
=0.0024 u


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