Degenerate electron pressure will not be sufficient to prevent the core collapse of a white dwarf if its mass becomes $n$ times the solar mass. The value of $n$ is:

If $E_e$ is the energy required to remove an electron from an atom and $E_n$ is the energy required to remove a nucleon from a nucleus,then:

The deuteron is bound by nuclear forces just as the $H$-atom is made up of a proton and an electron bound by electrostatic forces. If we consider the force between the neutron and proton in a deuteron as given in the form of a Coulomb potential but with an effective charge $e'$: $F = \frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_0} \frac{e'^2}{r^2}$,estimate the value of $(e'/e)$ given that the binding energy of a deuteron is $2.2 \text{ MeV}$.

$M_p$ denotes the mass of a proton and $M_n$ that of a neutron. $A$ given nucleus,of binding energy $B$,contains $Z$ protons and $N$ neutrons. The mass $M(N, Z)$ of the nucleus is given by ($c$ is the velocity of light):

What is nuclear energy? Explain how nuclear energy is released from the curve of binding energy.

Let $m_p$ be the mass of a proton,$m_n$ the mass of a neutron,$M_1$ the mass of a ${}_{10}^{20}Ne$ nucleus,and $M_2$ the mass of a ${}_{20}^{40}Ca$ nucleus. Then: