The energy released when sodium and chlorine combine to form NaCl is 4.2 eV. (a) What is

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The energy released when sodium and chlorine combine to form NaCl is 4.2 eV. 

(a) What is the increase in mass (in unified mass units) when a molecule of NaCl is dissociated into an atom of Na and an atom of Cl? 

(b) What percentage of error is made in neglecting this mass difference? (The mass of Na is about 23 u and that of Cl is about 35.5 u.)

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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