Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy :- The actual mass is always less than the sum of the individual masses of the constituent protons and neutrons because energy is removed when the nucleus is formed. This energy has mass, which is removed from the total mass of the original particles. This mass, known as the…
Isotopes :- These are atoms of the same elements having same atomic number but different mass number and neutrons number. Examples – ₁H¹, ₁H² and ₁H³ (protium) (deuterium) (tritium) are the Isotopes of hydrogen. Here deuterium oxide to form heavy water. Note – Tritium nuclei being unstable, do not occur naturally and are produced artificially…
Structure of Atomic Nucleus :- The atomic nucleus is the small, dense region consisting of protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom, discovered in 1911 by Ernest Rutherford based on the Geiger Marsden gold foil experiment. Proton :- A Proton is a subatomic particle, symbol ‘p‘ or p⁺ with a positive charge of…
