Six protons and six neutrons are brought together to form a

Last updated: 5/11/2023

Six protons and six neutrons are brought together to form a carbon nucleus but the total mass of the carbon nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of the individual parts What has happened to the missing mass the mass defect it has been thrown off during radioactive decay O it has been converted into electrons O it has been emitted as light O it has been converted into the binding energy of the nucleus