Re: excess mass

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

So excess mass is effectively the mass equivalent of the binding 
energy for that nucleus?


> 	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.

> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro

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