Acarbon-12 atom has a mass of 12. amu. the mass of a proton is 1.00728 amu, and the mass of a neutron is 1.00866 amu. how many protons does the carbon-12 atom have? how many neutrons does the carbon-12 atom have? what is the mass defect of a carbon-12 atom? amu

A carbon - 12 atom and a regular carbon atom would have the same number of protons which is 6. So a carbon - 12 atom would have 6 protons. Both, however, would differ in the number of neutrons. Carbon - 12 atom has 6 neutrons. To determine the mass defect of a carbon - 12 atom, we have to add the total mass of protons and the total mass of neutrons and subtract the known mass of a carbon - 12 atom. That would be like this.
6 (1.00728 amu) + 6 (1.00866 amu) = x
6.04368 amu + 6.05196 amu = x
12.09564 amu = x

Then subtract it with 12 amu to get the defect mass

12.09564 amu - 12.00000 amu = y
0.09564 amu = y

So the defect mass would be 0.09564 amu.

There is one s orbital, and there are three p orbitals, five d orbitals, and seven f orbitals. thus, the answer is b. do not confuse the number of orbitals in a subshell with the number of electrons the subshell can hold. each orbital can hold two electrons, so the capacity of an nf subshell is 14 electrons.

The mass has escaped into a gas which you can not see so the law stays true.