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10.2 Exercise 7

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56Fe^{56} \text{Fe} is among the most tightly bound of all nuclides. It makes up more than 90%90 \% of natural iron. Note that 56Fe^{56} \text{Fe} has even numbers of protons and neutrons. Calculate the binding energy per nucleon for 56Fe^{56} \text{Fe} and compare it with the approximate value obtained from the graph in the figure.

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 10.2 Nuclear Binding Energy, exercise 7

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