Mass defect of a nucleus

  • #1
What is the mass defect of the 15N nucleus?

My attempt:

15-7=8
7(1.008665)+8(1.0078225)-14.003074
=1.120161

the answer needs to be in u so i don't know if this makes a difference or not but for some reason it is not working
 
  • #2
Why are you using the number 14.003074? That's the mass of 14N. The mass defect is the real mass (of 15N) minus the mass of the constituent neutrons and protons.
 

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