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What is nuclear mass ? How is it calculated ?

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Nuclear mass is the mass of all the nucleons present inside the nucleus and is calculated by `M=ZM_(p)+(A-Z)M_(n)` where `M_(p) and M_(n)` are mass of protons and neutrons respectively .
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