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Nuclear Fission & Fusion question from NEET 2004 (AIPMT)

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Nuclear Fission & Fusion

If in a nuclear fusion process the masses of the fusing nuclei be m1 and m2 and the mass of the resultant nucleus be m3, then

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Answer: (c)

  1. In fusion energy is released, and this energy comes from a loss of mass (E=Δm c2E = \Delta m\,c^2).
  2. So the product is lighter than the reactants: m3<m1+m2m_3 < m_1 + m_2.
  3. So the answer is (c).
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