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IN the accompanying graph, giving (W – A) plotted against A, where W is the atomic weight and A the mass number, two curves, marked observed and calculated, are shown, and the latter is discussed in the letter below. The observed curve is based on the empirical data given by Rosenfeld at the end of his book on “Nuclear Forces". The points corresponding to stable nuclei have been joined together by straight lines, and other points have been omitted. There is a gap in the data from A = 160 to A = 190, indicated by the dotted line.
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MOSHARRAFA, A. Mass-Defect Curves. Nature 164, 662–663 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164662b0
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