Recent content by Laen

Ah I see what you two are getting at, I have been making it way too complex. But I still have a little misunderstanding, if you could please look at my logic... We can use He-4 for example 4 lone nucleons 4.0329 amu We would like to bind these 4 nucleons together to make He-4, and from...

Umm I am sorry I made my main question a little vague. :frown: I am really wanting to know: -How is this missing mass(stated above) taken from the nucleus and used as the binding energy.- -Also what is this binding energy.- The residual strong force? This question really has...

Edit: I believe this might be in the wrong forum, if it is I am sorry I don't know how to delete or move :( Hey guys quick question! I am studying basic radioactivity just for fun and ran into something that my text doesn't elaborate on. Could someone please clarify? The mass of...