The mass of a nucleus and its ground state is always less than that of the mass of its constituents neutrons and protons
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Since the nucleus is made up of neutron and proton so it is expected That the mass of the nucleus is equal to the total mass of its individual constituents however, it found less than its total mass of its constituents because during the formation of the nucleus some amount of energy gets released. So, we found in the difference in the mass of the nucleus and it's constituents is called mass defect.
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