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Liquid Drop Nuclear Model

Nucleus

Binding Energy (Bethe-Weizsäcker)

A = Z+N56
Volume term0 MeV
Surface term0 MeV
Coulomb term0 MeV
Asymmetry term0 MeV
Pairing term0 MeV
Total B.E.0 MeV
B.E. per nucleon0 MeV/A

Energy Components

Volume
Surface
Coulomb
Asymmetry

Bethe-Weizsäcker Formula

B(Z,A) = a_v·A − a_s·A^(2/3)
− a_c·Z(Z−1)/A^(1/3)
− a_a·(A−2Z)²/A
+ δ(Z,A)

a_v = 15.75 MeV (volume)
a_s = 17.80 MeV (surface)
a_c = 0.711 MeV (Coulomb)
a_a = 23.70 MeV (asymmetry)

δ = ±11.2/A^(1/2) MeV (pairing)
+ even-even, − odd-odd