Nuclear Density
Now that we have an equation for the nuclear radius we can calculate the density of a nucleus.
If we have a nucleus of A nucleons, we can assume the mass is Au and the volume is the volume of a sphere:
We can see that the density is independent of the nucleon number and gives a value of: 3.4 x 1017 kg m-3.
| Section 8 | Mass and Energy | |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson 6 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | To be able to explain what mass defect is and be able to calculate | |
| To be able to explain what binding energy is and be able to calculate | ||
| To be able to sketch the graph of B.E. per nucleon against nucleon number | M.BENYOHAI |