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CAIE A-Level Physics 23.1.4 Binding Energy per Nucleon Curve

Practise sketching and interpreting the binding-energy-per-nucleon curve, locating nuclei on it and comparing stability, fusion and fission using the graph.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Physics 9702
Level
A2

Exam points

  • sketch the binding energy per nucleon curve against nucleon number with its characteristic peak and decline
  • locate or compare nuclei on the binding-energy-per-nucleon curve

23.1.4—The variation of binding energy per nucleon with nucleon number question 1

[Maximum number: 2]

On Fig. 8.1, sketch a line to show the variation with nucleon number A of the binding energy per nucleon E of a nucleus.

Fig. 8.1

Fig. 8.1

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