Therefore, the nuclear binding energy provides information about an atom’s nuclear structure.

There are several types of binding energy but for our purposes we will look at nuclear binding energy.

The fusion of light nuclei releases an enormous quantity of energy stemming from the lack of mass (nuclear binding energy).

To understand the concept, one only needs to apply the principle of conservation of energy to nuclear binding energy.

As such, there is a peak at iron-56 on the nuclear binding energy curve.