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Which of the following statements are true about nuclear fusion? Briefly justify the answers.

1. The larger nucleus that results from fusion has more mass than the total mass of the smaller nuclei that combined.

2. In a single reaction, a fusion reaction releases less energy than a fission reaction.

3. Fusion is easy to achieve because lighter nuclei naturally like to come together.

4. An advantage of fusion is the plentiful supply of a fuel (deuterium) in the ocean.

5. The binding energy per nucleon for a fusion product is less than that of the pieces that combined to form it.

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1. False.
Some of the mass is converted to energy and hence the mass of the larger nucleus is less then the constituents.

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