QUESTION Tritium and helium-3 have the same number of nucleons, but tritium has

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QUESTION Tritium and helium-3 have the same number of nucleons, but tritium has one proton and two neutrons whereas helium-3 has two protons and one neutron. Without doing a calculation, decide which nucleus has a greater binding energy. Explain. (Select all that apply.)

This happens in part because the helium-3 nucleus has fewer neutrons.

This happens in part because the tritium nucleus has greater Coulombic repulsion.

This happens in part because the tritium nucleus has an extra neutron enhancing the nuclear forces.

This happens in part because the helium-3 nucleus has greater Coulombic repulsion between nucleons.

Tritium is more stable.

Helium-3 is more stable.

Explanation / Answer

Neutron has mass greater then proton

binding energy is mass*C^2

So binding energy of tritium is greater then helium.

So options correct are

Option 1

Option 5

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