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Part A) what is the mass of tritium (in MeV/c 2 )? Part B) What is the mass defe

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Question

Part A) what is the mass of tritium (in MeV/c2)?

Part B) What is the mass defect or total binding energy of tritium (in MeV/c2)?

Part C) What is the binding energy per nucleon of tritium?

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Explanation / Answer

Mass of tritium = 3.01640492

Mass defect tritium = 1.0073 + 2*1.0087 - 3.01640492 = 0.0086508 amu

Binding energy = 0.0086508 amu *c^2 = 8.482 MeV