JEE PHYSICS MCQ: NUCLEI

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If a star can convert all the He nuclei completely into oxygen nuclei, the energy released per oxygen nuclei is ( Mass of the nucleus is

4.0026\;\,\,\mathrm{amu}

and mass of oxygen nucleus is

15.9994\;\,\,\mathrm{amu}

)

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Correct option: C

10.24\,\,MeV

Option C (

10.24 \,\,MeV

) is correct because it is calculated from the mass defect when four Helium nuclei fuse to form one Oxygen nucleus, converted to energy using

E = \Delta m c^2

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