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Which one of the following statement is correct?

  1. A The mass of the nucleus must be less than the sum of the masses of the constituent neutrons and protons.
  2. B The mass of the nucleus must be equal to the sum of the masses of the constituent neutrons and protons.
  3. C The mass of the nucleus must be greater than the sum of the masses of the constituent neutrons and protons.
  4. D The mass of the nucleus must be equal to only the masses of the constituent neutrons or protons.
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(A) The mass of the nucleus must be less than the sum of the masses of the constituent neutrons and protons.

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The nuclei inside the nucleus are very strongly bound and energies of few \(\mathrm{MeV}\) are needed to separate a nucleon from the nucleus. Hence, a minimum energy is required to split the protons and neutrons and that energy is known as the binding energy of the nucleus. If,…
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