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PhysicsModern PhysicsNuclear physicsEasy2 minPYQ_2004
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The dependence of binding energy per nucleon, on the mass number , is represented by

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The graph showing that greater the binding energy per nucleon, the more stable the nucleus is. The graph has its maximum of nucleon when the number of nucleons is 56 . The nucleus that has 56 protons and neutron is , an iron isotope. This is the most stable nucleus of them all, since maximum energy is needed to pull a nucleon away from it.

Stream:AIIMSSubject:PhysicsTopic:Modern PhysicsSubtopic:Nuclear physics
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