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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