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What is Mass defect? explain with an example

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Answered by kvnmurty
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Mass defect is the mass equivalent to the energy that is released during the formation of a nucleus of an atom.

It is the difference between the sum of masses of the individual nucleons and the actual mass of the nucleus in an atom.

example:  Oxygen atom has 8 neutrons and 8 protons. Sum their masses.  Measure the mass of nucleus in lab. of Oxygen atom.  Find the difference.

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