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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Nuclear_and_Particle_Physics/Nuclear_and_Particle_Physics_(Walet)/03%3A_Nuclear_Masses/3.03%3A_Deeper_Analysis_of_Nuclear_Masses
      The quantity of most interest in understanding the mass is the binding energy, defined for a neutral atom as the difference between the mass of a nucleus and the mass of its constituents. This seems t...The quantity of most interest in understanding the mass is the binding energy, defined for a neutral atom as the difference between the mass of a nucleus and the mass of its constituents. This seems to show that to a reasonable degree of approximation the mass is a function of A alone, and furthermore, that it approaches a constant. This is called nuclear saturation.

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