The binding energy is calculated from the product of the mass defect and the square of the speed of light. First, we need to calculate for the mass defect. We do as follows:
m = mass products - mass of reactantsm = 33*1.00867 + 27*1.00728 - 59.9338 m = 0.54887
E = mc^2 = 0.54887 (3x10^8)^2 = 4.94x10^16 J
