Question

Mass defect is associated with:

A. nuclear fusion
B. nuclear fission
C. radioactive decay
D. mass lost by nuclear collisions

Answer 1

The Answer is: B. Nuclear fission

Answer 2

B. Nuclear fission

Step-by-step explanation:

Nuclear binding energy is used to determine whether fission or fusion will be a favorable process. The mass defect of a nucleus represents the mass of the energy binding the nucleus, and is the difference between the mass of a nucleus and the sum of the masses of the nucleons of which it is composed.