Find the Nuclear Binding Enrgy of Potassium-40 (Atomic Mass = $\times$

question 20

Multiple Choice

Find the nuclear binding enrgy of potassium-40 (atomic mass = 39.9632591 amu) in units of joules per nucleon.[Data: neutron mass = 1.674928 $\times$ 10^-24 g; proton mass = 1.672623 $\times$ 10^-24g; electron mass = 9.109387 $\times$ 10^-28 g; N_A = 6.0221367 $\times$ 10²³ /mol; c = 2.99792458 $\times$ 10⁸ m/s]

• A)1.37 \(\times\) 10^-12 J/nucleon
• B)5.48 \(\times\) 10^-11 J/nucleon
• C)5.64 \(\times\) 10^-11 J/nucleon
• D)1.41 \(\times\) 10^-12 J/nucleon
• E)2.97 \(\times\) 10^-12 J/nucleon

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