0 the amount of energy necessary to break up a nucleus (= the central part of an atom) into its separate parts
1 the amount of energy necessary to break up a nucleus (= central part of an atom) into its separate parts
These atoms will immediately leave the solid if their energy instantaneously increases in excess of the binding energy.
This is plausible because only a few collisions can lead to some atoms gaining enough energy to exceed the binding energy.
The core state binding energy in metal is therefore measured relative to the bottom of the conductivity band.
Any elastic or other deformations accompanying adhesion tend to increase the binding energy significantly and, to a lesser extent, the adhesion force.
Because of the strong dependence of the binding energy on local geometry and chemistry, the bond energy falls off rapidly with distance.
The different, labeled amino acids in the figure all contribute to the total biotin binding energy.
The difference in mass, 0.0011, then represents the binding energy of the two particles and corresponds to 1 million electron volts.
This preferred handedness is remarkable because the difference in binding energy between righthanded and left-handed (levorotatory) sugars is extremely tiny (relative energy difference : 10x17).