Re: excess mass

[Bob Muir <muirrob@hamlet.uncg.edu>]

On Thu, 18 Apr 1996 shapiro@sputter1.fullerton.edu wrote:

> 	1 amu = 9.320 x 10^2 MeV
>
> 	on this scale C-12 has an excess mass of 0.0000 MeV
>
> 	For any other nuclide multiply the number of nucleons N x 9.320x10^2
> 	and add the excess mass, and you have the mass of that nuclide in 
> Mev... well not really the mass, but the energy equivalent of the mass.
>
> 	Hope that helps.
>
> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
Thanks Mark.  This seems to agree to 4-5 figures with the numbers 
obtained from the web chart.

Thanks to all who responded.  I don't think that we need any more 
reponses.

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