Nuclear Structure and Stability

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Binding : the thats produced as a result of the formation of a nucleus FROM the mass loss.

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Mass defect

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the difference between the theoretical mass (sum of the protons and neutrons) and the actual mass

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energy

Binding : the thats produced as a result of the formation of a nucleus FROM the mass loss.

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Mass defect

the difference between the theoretical mass (sum of the protons and neutrons) and the actual mass

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Binding energy

the energy thats produced as a result of the formation of a nucleus FROM the mass loss

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Causes of instability

Too many protons.  No stable nucleus has more than 83 protons.

Too many neutrons per proton.

Too few neutrons for that number of protons. (rare)