IB Physics E3 Definitions

This page contains our IB Physics definitions for E3. By learning each one of these definitions, you will fully cover the content for IB Physics 'Further radioactive decay'.
Binding energy per nucleon

It is the ratio of nuclear binding energy to number of nucleons in a nucleus

Nuclear binding energy

It is the energy released by the production of a nucleus from its constituent nucleons

Nucleon

It is a particle in the nucleus

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