Nuclear Energy

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The protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom are called nucleons. The energy required to completely separate the protons and the neutrons of an atom is called binding energy . It’s also the energy that would be released if individual protons and neutrons were combined into a single nucleus.

Binding energy is the energy released to join or fuse together the nucleons of the nucleus.

When the nucleus of an atom is separated, the combined mass of protons and neutrons when added together is greater than the mass of the nucleus as a