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Nuclear mass defect

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The difference between the total rest mass of separated constituent nucleons and the measured nuclear mass.

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Nuclear binding energyNuclear mass defect

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Authored explanation

Mass defect and total binding energy are related by mass–energy equivalence.

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Nuclear mass defectAston mass-spectrograph measurements

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Precision isotope masses revealed systematic departures from integer mass multiples associated with nuclear binding.

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The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.

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