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Nuclear reactions - Coggle Diagram
Nuclear reactions
Foundational definitions
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Mass defect: the difference between the mass of a particular nucleus and the total mass of its constituent parts.
Binding energy: the energy needed to completely disassemble the nucleus of an atom into its constituent parts (protons and neutrons).
Binding energy per nucleon: the average energy required to remove an individual nucleon from the nucleus.
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Fusion
Light nuclei fusing to form heavier, more stable nuclei
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