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Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?


A) Nucleons are held together in a nuclide by the electromagnetic force.
B) Oxygen-15 is unstable because it has too few neutrons.
C) All nuclides with Z >\gt 83 are unstable and ultimately decay into more stable nuclides with smaller Z values.
D) As the atomic number increases, the ratio of neutrons to protons in a nuclide generally increases.
E) Generally the number of neutrons in a nuclide equals the number of protons, or nearly so, when the atomic number is small, that is, Z <\lt 18.

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