Why Binding energy per nucleon is greater than Binding Energy?
Dear Student,
Firstly your question is incomplete. I think you want to ask why binding energy per nucleon is greater than that of electron.
So binding energy of electrons is basically the energy required to set an electron free from an atom or ion .And major force that electron experiences is electrostatic force And we also know nuclei are made up of protons and neutrons concentrated in very less space.So to combine same charge particles there acts nuclear forces that are very stronger as compared to electrostatic forces for short range. And nuclear binding energy is the amount of minimum energy required the split the nucleus into its component parts.So in case of splitting of nucleus more energy will be required to overcome the binding forces. binding energy per nucleon is total binding energy upon total number of nucleon.
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Firstly your question is incomplete. I think you want to ask why binding energy per nucleon is greater than that of electron.
So binding energy of electrons is basically the energy required to set an electron free from an atom or ion .And major force that electron experiences is electrostatic force And we also know nuclei are made up of protons and neutrons concentrated in very less space.So to combine same charge particles there acts nuclear forces that are very stronger as compared to electrostatic forces for short range. And nuclear binding energy is the amount of minimum energy required the split the nucleus into its component parts.So in case of splitting of nucleus more energy will be required to overcome the binding forces. binding energy per nucleon is total binding energy upon total number of nucleon.
Regards