The nuclear mass of is

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Problem

The nuclear mass of

_2^{4}He

4.00260\,u

. Given

m_p=1.00728\,u

and

m_n=1.00866\,u

, calculate the binding energy of the helium nucleus. (a) 28.3\,\text{MeV} (b) 31.5\,\text{MeV} (c) 27.3\,\text{MeV} (d) 23.5\,\text{MeV}