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huey910
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If the total nuclear binding energy of a nucleus increases whenever the number of nucleons increase, why does the nuclear binding energy curve rise and then fall? Don't protons and neutrons 'bring in' the same amount of binding energy every time one of them is added? Please explain. In addition, if fission can release energy, does that not mean that the nucleus itself has a higher mass than the separated, smaller and stabler nuclei produced? Thank you.
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