MHT CET Physics question
Statement 1: Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion Statement 2: For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing Z
Answer: (C)
Solution
Statement 1 is true because both fission and fusion move nuclei towards higher binding energy per nucleon; Statement 2 is false because for heavy nuclei
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