Binding Energy

Binding energy is the mechanical energy required to disassemble a whole into separate parts. A bound system typically has a lower potential energy than its constituent parts; this is what keeps the system together—often this means that energy is released upon the creation of a bound state. The usual convention is that this corresponds to a negative binding energy.

Read more about Binding Energy:  General Idea, Mass-energy Relation

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