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Mass defect of an atom refers to...

Mass defect of an atom refers to

A

inaccurate measurement of mass of nucleons

B

mass annihiliated to produce enegry to bind the nucleus

C

packing fraction

D

difference in the number of neutrons and protons in the nucleus

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CP SINGH-NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIO ACTIVITY-EXERCISES
  1. Size of nucleus is of the order of

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  2. Which of the following is correct regarding binding enegry of nucleus?

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  3. Mass defect of an atom refers to

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  4. Mp denotes the mass of a proton and Mn that of a neutron. A given nucl...

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  5. A nucleus .Z^A X has mass represented by M(A, Z). If Mp and Mp denote ...

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  6. The masses of neutron and proton are 1.0087 a.m.u. and 1.0073 a.m.u. r...

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  7. If M is the mass of a nucleus and A is its mass number, then (M -A)/(M...

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  8. As the mass number A increases, the binding energy per nucleon in a nu...

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  9. For atomic nuclei, the binding energy per nucleon

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  10. Which of the following is a wrong description of binding energy of a n...

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  11. If the total binding energies of .(1)H^(2),.(2)He^(4),.(26)Fe^(56) and...

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  12. If the binding energy per nucleon in L i^7 and He^4 nuclei are respect...

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  13. Average binding energy per nucleon over a wide range is

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  14. A neutron is thermal equilibrium at room temperature. Its enegry would...

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  15. The binding energy per nucleon number for deutron H(1)^(2)and helium...

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  16. For nuclei with A gt 100, (i) the binding energy of the nucleus decr...

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  17. As the mass number A increases, which of the following quantities rela...

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  18. The heavier nuclei tend to have larger N//Z ratio because

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  19. A free neutron decays to a proton but a free proton does not decay to ...

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  20. The binding energies per nucleon for a deuteron and an alpha-particle ...

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