(a) Draw a rough sketch of the variation of average binding energy per nucleon with…

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Problem

(a) Draw a rough sketch of the variation of average binding energy per nucleon

\bar E

with mass number

A

for nuclei from

A=1

A\approx 240

. (a) Draw sketch of

\bar E

A

(b) Explain energy release for fusion (light) and fission (heavy) (c) Calculate energy released in

^{2}\!\mathrm H+{}^{2}\!\mathrm H\rightarrow{}^{4}\!\mathrm{He}