MHT CET Physics question

Mass defect of a nucleus is the

(A)Difference between sum of masses of constituent nucleons and actual mass of nucleusCorrect
(B)Difference between mass of proton and mass of neutron
(C)Difference between mass of nucleus and mass of electrons
(D)Difference between actual mass of nucleus and sum of masses of constituent nucleons

Answer: (A)

Solution

Mass defect is , i.e. the sum of the masses of the separate nucleons minus the actual nuclear

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