Define mass defect and binding energy, and explain why the binding energy per nucleon curve peaks near iron.
Atoms and Nuclei
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
About 656 nm
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1/λ = R(1/22 − 1/32) = 1.097 × 107 × (1/4 − 1/9) = 1.097 × 107 × 5/36, so λ ≈ 6.56 × 10−7 m. This is the red H-alpha line of the Balmer series.
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