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is the minimum energy required to split the nucleus of an atom into its component parts.

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Binding energy

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Overall energy

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Atomic energy

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The correct option is A Binding energy
Binding energy is the minimum energy required to disassemble the nucleus of an atom into its constituent parts. The binding energy of a nuclei is always a positive number, since all nuclei require net energy to separate them into individual protons and neutrons.

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The minimum energy required to disassemble a system of particles into separated parts is called Binding energy.

Q. Assertion (A) : If a heavy nucleus is split into two medium sized parts,each of the new nuclei will have more binding energy per nucleon than the original nucleus.

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(b) It is the energy made available when free nucleons combine to form a nucleus.
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_{8}^{16} O

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