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Trudy writes an expression to calculate the mass defect of a carbon-14 nucleus using the symbols in the table.

A 2 column table with 4 rows. The first column is labeled quantity with entries mass of carbon-14 nucleus, mass of proton, mass of neutron, mass of electron. The second column is labeled symbol with entries m Subscript C-14 baseline, m Subscript p baseline, m Subscript n baseline, m Subscript e baseline.
Which expression should Trudy write?

(6mp + 8mn) – mc – 14
(8mp + 6mn) – mc – 14
mp + mn – mc – 14
6mp + 8me – mc – 14

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Answer:

A

Explanation:

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The mass defect of a carbon-14 nucleus is (6mp + 8mn) – mc – 14.

To find the correct option among all the options, we need to know about the mass defect.

What is mass defect?

  • There is a mass difference arises between the individual sum of masses of nucleons and the mass of nucleus.
  • This mass defect is responsible for the bonding of nucleons in the nucleus. I.e. energy corresponding to the mass defect is the binding energy of the nucleus.

What is the mathematical formulation of mass defect?

Mathematically, mass defect is given as

∆m = mass of all nucleons - mass of nucleus

= Mass of protons + mass of neutrons - mass of nucleus

Thus, we can conclude that the option (a) is correct.

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