What does mass defect mean?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-24T09:14:12

Einstein's famous equation #E=mc^2# shows that mass and energy are equivalent. In nuclear reactions, mass is converted to energy. The 'mass defect' is a measure of the lost mass.

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