Multiple Choice
An iron isotope of iron,56Fe,has a binding energy per nucleon of 8.791 MeV.What is its mass? (The mass of an hydrogen atom is 1.007825 u,the mass of a neutron is 1.008665 u,and the atomic mass unit is 1 u = 931.5 MeV.The number of protons in the iron nucleus is 26.)
A) 26.20345 u
B) 30.23475 u
C) 55.93494 u
D) 56.46340 u
E) 56.99186 u
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