If a certain number of neutrons and protons are brought together to
form a nucleus of a certain charge and mass, an energy Eb will be released
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in the process The energy Eb is called the binding energy of the nucleus If we separate a nucleus into its nucleons, we would have to supply a
total energy equal to Eb, to those particles Although we cannot tear
apart a nucleus in this way, the nuclear binding energy is still a convenient
measure of how well a nucleus is held together