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Nuclear Chemistry: I. The Nucleus

The document discusses nuclear chemistry and the nucleus. It explains that there is a mass defect between the mass of an atom and the sum of its particles' masses. When a nucleus forms from nucleons, nuclear binding energy is released. Nuclides with high nuclear binding energy are stable, while unstable nuclides are radioactive and decay over time.

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Nuclear Chemistry: I. The Nucleus

The document discusses nuclear chemistry and the nucleus. It explains that there is a mass defect between the mass of an atom and the sum of its particles' masses. When a nucleus forms from nucleons, nuclear binding energy is released. Nuclides with high nuclear binding energy are stable, while unstable nuclides are radioactive and decay over time.

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CHAPTER 22

Nuclear
Chemistry
I
II

I. The Nucleus

III

(p. 701 - 704)

IV

A. Mass Defect
Difference between the mass of an atom
and the mass of its individual particles.

4.00260 amu

4.03298 amu

B. Nuclear Binding Energy


Energy released when a nucleus is
formed from nucleons.
High binding energy = stable nucleus.

E=

2
mc

E: energy (J)
m: mass defect (kg)
c: speed of light
(3.00108 m/s)

B. Nuclear Binding Energy

Unstable nuclides are radioactive and


undergo radioactive decay.

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