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what is the closest to the order of magnitude of the energy rquired to split a nucleus in to its individual protons and neutrons

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More than two million electron volts.

Step-by-step explanation:

More than two million electron volts energy are needed to break or split a deuteron into a proton and a neutron. Nuclear binding energy is the type of energy that is required to split an atom's nucleus into protons and neutrons. The deuteron is an isotope of hydrogen that is composed of a proton and a neutron and it is a stable particle. Very huge amount of energy is needed for the splitting of nucleus due to the presence of heavy particles i.e. proton and neutron.

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