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Multiple Choice

This question refers to the figure shown. Which one of the following concepts explains why heavy nuclei do not follow the N = Z line (or trend) in the figure?

• A)transmutation
• B)Coulomb repulsion
• C)particle-wave duality
• D)Pauli exclusion principle
• E)Heisenberg uncertainty principle

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