Answer the following for the oxygen-16 nucleus ( ).

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Problem

Answer the following for the oxygen-16 nucleus (

^{16}_8\text{O}

). (i) Calculate its total binding energy. Data: proton mass

m_p = 1.007\,276\,\text{u}

, neutron mass

m_n = 1.008\,665\,\text{u}

, nuclear mass

m_O = 15.994\,915\,\text{u}

;

1\,\text{u} = 931.5\,\text{MeV}/c^2

. (ii) Find the binding energy per nucleon and state which nucleus is more tightly bound,

^{16}_8\text{O}

or the deuteron (binding energy per nucleon

\approx 1.1\,\text{MeV}