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📅 NSB 2015🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Q18🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Identify all of the following three statements that are true regarding binding energy: 1) The mass of a carbon-12 nucleus is equal to the sum of the masses of 6 unbound protons and 6 unbound neutrons; 2) Mass defect arises due to the equivalence of mass and energy; 3) Iron-56 has the lowest mass per nucleon of any nucleus.

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