(a) Define the mass defect of a nucleus. (b) Why is the binding energy per nucleon,…

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(a) Define the mass defect of a nucleus. (b) Why is the binding energy per nucleon, rather than the total binding energy, generally taken as the criterion for comparing the relative stability of different nuclei?

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