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The instability of a nucleus is due to...

The instability of a nucleus is due to

A

High proton electron ratio

B

High electron neutron ratio

C

Low proton electron ratio

D

Low proton neutron ratio

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D
The nucleus is unstable, if `p//n lt gt1`.
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