Find the Nuclear Binding Energy of Uranium-234 (Atomic Mass =

question 65

Multiple Choice

Find the nuclear binding energy of uranium-234 (atomic mass = 234.040947 amu) in units of joules per nucleon.[Data: neutron mass = 1.674928 × 10^-24 g; proton mass = 1.672623 × 10^-24 g; electron mass = 9.109387 × 10^-28 g; N_A = 6.0221367 × 10²³ /mol; c = 2.99792458 × 10⁸ m/s]

• A)2.97 × 10^-10 J/nucleon
• B)3.04 × 10^-10 J/nucleon
• C)1.30 × 10^-12 J/nucleon
• D)1.22 × 10^-12 J/nucleon
• E)1.27 × 10^-12 J/nucleon

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