Question

A tritium nucleus consists of one proton and two neutrons and has a total mass of 3.0170 atomic mass units. What is the mass defect of the tritium nucleus?

Answer 1

^the attatchment is part of the question

Answer 2

a)0.0014 u b) 2.0160 u c) 1.0010 u d) 0.0077 u

Answer 3

0.0077 u

Answer 4

@some_someone i know the answer but i dont know how to find the answer?

Answer 5

mass defect is actually only the difference b/w the calculated nuclear mass and the observed nuclear mass which is always less than the measured one since the binding energy is involved in the creation of the nucleus.