Essays Tagged: "Binding energy"
Industrial case study: The production of iron and steel An analisis on iron production
which is the short form for "Ferrum" the Latin word for iron. The nucleus of iron has the "highest binding energy per nucleon". This means that iron is the heaviest element that is produced through f ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Nuclear Energy.
difference is small, but the c2 term means the energy will be large.This introduces an idea called BINDING ENERGY, which we will consider.Key Idea:When individual; nucleons are brought together to fr ... When they are close enough, the nuclear strong force pulls the protons together.Neutrons assist in binding.(iv) Potential energy decreases. Amount = binding energy.(v) This means mass decreases.* Pea ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
The Decaying Of Radioactive Isotopes
matter from the nucleus. Remember that a radioisotope has unstable nuclei that does not have enough binding energy to hold the nucleus together. Radioisotopes would like to be stable isotopes so they ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry