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FROM theoretical considerations, the average binding energy per nucleon can be put in the form1 Numerical values of the parameters Σ1, Î, o and r0 have been estimated empirically by Mattauch and Flugge2: Since for a nucleus containing N neutrons and Z protons the average binding energy takes the form where mp and mn are the atomic weights of a proton and neutron, it is possible to calculate (W A) from (1), (2) and (3) and to compare the results with the experimental data.
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Rosenfeld, “Nuclear Forces", 24 (1948).
Mattauch, J., and Flugge, S., “Kernphysikalische Tabellen", 91 (1941).
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EL NADI, M. Mass-Defect Curves. Nature 164, 663 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164663a0
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