As the mass number A increases, which of the following quantities related to a nucleus do not change?
The average radius of a nucleus is given by
Where is the mass number and
m.
The Volume of the nucleus is given by (Putting equation (1))
Since, the number of protons and neutrons are nearly same, say
, the Mass
is approximately equal to
Density is given by
The above equation of density says that it is independent of A. So as mass number A increases, density do not change.