The mass of a deuteron nucleus is

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Problem

The mass of a deuteron

^{2}\!\text H

nucleus is

2.01355\,\text u

. Given

m_p = 1.00728\,\text u

m_n = 1.00866\,\text u

and

1\,\text u = 931\,\text{MeV}/c^{2}

, calculate the binding energy of the deuteron (in MeV). (a) 1.11 MeV (b) 4.46 MeV (c) 2.23 MeV (d) 0.931 MeV