Which of the following are correct for binding energy for nucleon ( $\Delta E_{b n}$ ) curve plotted

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Which of the following are correct for binding energy for nucleon ( $\Delta E_{b n}$ ) curve plotted as a function of mass number $(A)$ ?

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(d) : In lighter species, we can consider shell model and magic numbers. So few lighter species with $2,8 \ldots$ etc. nucleons are more stable and have large values of BE per nucleon than others.