(a) Consider the following nuclear process, in which a proton is removed from an oxygen nucleus:

Find the energy required for this process to occur.
(b) Now consider a process in which a neutron is removed from an oxygen nucleus:

Find the energy required for this process to occur.
(c) Which particle, the proton or the neutron, do you expect to be more tightly bound in the oxygen nucleus? Verify your answer.

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