For the deuteron the following data are given: • Mass of a proton • Mass of a neutron…

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Problem

For the deuteron

^{2}_{1}\!\text{H}

the following data are given: • Mass of a proton

m_p = 1.00728\,\text{u}

• Mass of a neutron

m_n = 1.00866\,\text{u}

• Nuclear mass of deuteron

M = 2.01355\,\text{u}

Take

1\,\text{u} = 931.5\,\text{MeV}

. Calculate: (i) the mass defect of the deuteron, (ii) its total binding energy, (iii) its binding energy per nucleon.