AP Physics 2
15.7 Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear Decay
A stationary carbon-12 nucleus (\(^{12}_6\text{C}\)) has a mass of \(11.996 \text{ u}\). The mass of a free proton is \(1.007 \text{ u}\) and the mass of a free neutron is \(1.009 \text{ u}\). Use \(1 \text{ u} = 931 \text{ MeV}/c^2\). How does the mass of the bound carbon-12 nucleus compare to the sum of the masses of its individual constituent nucleons, and what is the binding energy per nucleon of the nucleus?
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