The neutral carbon atom has 6 electrons.
Neutral atom of magnesium has 12 electrons.
A carbon atom typically has 6 electrons.
None - because electrons are part of the atom.
A carbon atom always contains six protons. In nature, carbon most commonly has six (12C, carbon-12), seven (13C, carbon-13) or eight (14C, carbon-14) neutrons. However, man-made isotopes of carbon contain as few as two neutrons (8C) or as many as sixteen (22C). Thirteen of the fifteen isotopes of Carbon (i.e. all except 12C and 13C) are radioactive. In addition to neutrons and protons, a carbon atom always has six electrons in orbits around the nucleus.
Your information is inconsistant: Either this is a normal O16 with only 6 electrons in the outer shell, or this is a negative oxygen ion. Go with choice #1. this guy must have missed the 2 electrons in the first shell, it can't be a normal O16 atom because there are more electrons than protons, so it is a negative ion
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An atom has no overall electrical charge because the number of protons in the nucleus, which carry a positive charge, is equal to the number of electrons orbiting the nucleus, which carry a negative charge. These positive and negative charges cancel each other out, resulting in a neutral atom. The positive charge of the protons is balanced by the negative charge of the electrons, creating an overall neutral charge for the atom.
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16 ... if it's not ionized. A neutral atom would have 16 electrons, one negative charged electron for each positive charged proton. Now an atom does not have to be neutral, it can have more or less electrons, which is called an ion. 16 Protons would make this a Sulfur atom, which is going to try to aquire 2 more electrons to have a complete orbital shell.
J.J. Thomson is credited with discovering electrons in an atom through his experiments with cathode rays in the late 19th century. His work led to the development of the plum pudding model of the atom, in which electrons were embedded in a positively charged sphere.
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They have the same number of protons and electrons.