9)
We can think of binding energy per nucleon as the average energy
per nucleon needed to separate a nucleus into its individual nucleons Figure 13 1 is a plot of the
binding energy per nucleon Ebn
versus the mass number A for a
large number of nuclei We notice
the following main features of
the plot:
(i)
the binding energy per
nucleon, Ebn, is practically
constant, i