A nucleus with mass number `242` and binding energy per nucleon `7.6 MeV` breaks into two fragment each with mass number `121`. If each fragment nucleus has binding energy per nucleon `8.1MeV`, the total gain in binding energy is _______`MeV`.

As the mass number increase binding energy per nucleon :

The value of binding energy per nucleon is

The binding energy per nucleon is largest for

Questions|Binding Energy Per Nucleon

Questions|Binding Energy Per Nucleon

As the mass number A increases, the binding energy per nucleon in a nucleus.

When the number of nucleons in a nuclues increases the binding energy per nucleon

A heavy nucleus X of mass number 240 and binding energy per nucleon 7.6 MeV is split into two fragments Y and Z of mass numbers 110 and 130. The binding energy of nucleons in Y and Z is 8.5MeV per nucleon. Calculate the energy Q released per fission in MeV.