alleryThe mass defect is explained by whose equivalence of mass and energy?
AEdison
BEddington
CEhrenfest
DEinstein
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Einstein
1. Energy and mass are two views of one thing.
2. The relation uses the square of the speed of light.
3. It is Einstein's equivalence.
_Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 13 'Nuclei'_
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