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JEE Main 2010Nuclear Physics Question with Solution

JEE Main 2010

Question

A nucleus of mass is at rest and decays into two daughter nuclei of equal mass each. Speed of light is . 40. The binding energy per nucleon for the parent nucleus is and that for the daughter nuclei is . Then

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After decay, the daughter nuclei will be more stable hence binding energy per nucleon will be more than that of their parent nucleus.

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