For a nucleus \({}_{Z}^{A}X\) having mass number A and atomic number Z (A) The surface energy per nucleon (b) \(={a}_{1}…

For a nucleus \({}_{Z}^{A}X\) having mass number A and atomic number Z
(A) The surface energy per nucleon (b) \(={a}_{1}{\mathrm{A}}^{2/3}\)
(B) The Coulomb contribution to the binding energy
\({b}_{c}=-{a}_{2}\frac{Z(Z-1)}{{A}^{4/3}}\)
(C) The volume energy \({\mathrm{b}}_{\mathrm{v}}={\mathrm{a}}_{3}\mathrm{A}\)
(D) Decrease in the binding energy is proportional to surface area.
(E) While estimating the surface energy, it is assumed that each nucleon interacts with 12 nucleons, \(\left({a}_{1},{a}_{2}\right.\) and \({a}_{3}\) are constants)

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