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Why is the mass of nucleus less than sum of masses of nucleons present in it ?

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To keep the nucleons inside the nucleus, binding energy is provided by the nucleons at the epense of their masses. Hence the mass of nucleus formed is always less than-the sum of masses of constituent nucleons.
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