Thank you.
Would like to understand that why does having constituents with binding energy reduce the total energy of the system instead of adding to it?
Would like to understand that why does having constituents with binding energy reduce the total energy of the system instead of adding to it?
Example: If you have a proton and an electron, making a hydrogen atom will release about 13.6 eV (if it goes to the lowest energy state). You have to spend that 13.6eV to ionize the hydrogen, i.e. to get the electron far away from the proton again.