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23 Nuclear physics 23.1 Mass defect and nuclear binding energy Candidates should be able to: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 understand the equivalence between energy and mass as represented by E = mc2 and recall and use this equation represent simple nuclear reactions by nuclear equations of the form define and use the terms mass defect and binding energy sketch the variation of binding energy per nucleon with nucleon number explain what is meant by nuclear fusion and nuclear fission 14 7 17 2 4 " N He O H + + 8 1 1 explain the relevance of binding energy per nucleon to nuclear reactions, including nuclear fusion and nuclear fission calculate the energy released in nuclear reactions using E = c2∆m 23.2 Radioactive decay Candidates should be able to: 1 2 3 4 5 6 understand that fluctuations in count rate provide evidence for the random nature of radioactive decay understand that radi
