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Answer» Energy released per unit mass of the reactant is less in case of fusion reaction PACKING fraction may be positive or may be negative `Pu^(239)` is not suitable from a fission reaction For stable NUCLEUS, the SPECIFIC binding energy is low. Solution :Mass defect per nucleon is CALLED packing fraction. Packing fraction `(f)=(trianglem)/(A)=(m-A)/(A)`, where m=mass of nculeus, A=mass number Packing fraction measures the stabiliy of a nucleus. SMALLER the value of packing fractin. Larger is the stability of nucleus. Packing fraction may be positive, negative or zero.
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