Question

the mass of nucleus in its ground state is always less than the total mass of it's constituents-neutrons and protons.Explain

Answer 1

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This is due to nuclear charge which binds the neutrons and protons..... here the mass is changed into binding energy and hence the total mass of protons and neutrons is more than the actual mass of the nucleus