The mass of a deuteron ( nucleus) is

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Problem

The mass of a deuteron (

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

nucleus) is

2.0136\,\text{u}

. The masses of the proton and neutron are

1.0073\,\text{u}

and

1.0087\,\text{u}

respectively. Determine the binding energy per nucleon of the deuteron in MeV. (Take

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

)