We get the word 'allegory' from the Latin word 'allegoria ,' taken from the Greek word for 'veiled language.' Think of an allegory as an umbrella term for stories with deeper meaning-stories that are more than stories. Some allegories are very heavily veiled and might require an English professor to explain them to you.
A neutral phosphorus atom has 15 electrons. Two electrons can go into the 1 s subshell, 2 can go into the 2 s subshell, and 6 can go into the 2 p subshell. That leaves 5 electrons. Of those 5 electrons, 2 can go into the 3 s subshell, and the remaining 3 electrons can go into the 3 p subshell.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: It depends on which isotope. But since phosphorus has an atomic number of 15, signifying 15 protons in the nucleus, and an atomic mass of 30.97, signifying 31 total nucleons, the average number of neutrons must be 31 - 15 = 16. Most atoms have a number of neutrons that is close to the number of protons. Phosphorus with an atomic mass of 31 is the only isotope that occurs in nature, but heavier phosphorus nuclei have been synthesized in labs.