How many electrons neutrons and protons are in carbon?

Answer 1

Carbon (symbol C, atom number 6) is build up with:

6 protons, 6 electrons and 6 or 7 or 8 neutrons, depending on the mass number of the three possible natural isotopes: C-(12) has 6 neutrons and C-(13) or (14) has 7 or 8 of them respectively.

All the carbon isotopes have 6 electrons and protons; the number of neutrons is different for each isotope:

Number of neutrons in a carbon isotope=Atomic weight of the isotope (rounded) - 6

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Answer 3

Each atom of naturally-occurring elemental carbon contains 6 protons and 6 electrons. Almost 99% of all carbon atoms are the 12C type (isotope) -- which has 6 neutrons; about 1% of these carbon atoms are the 13C isotope and have 7 neutrons. Other rare isotopes include: 9C (3 neutrons), 10C (4neutrons), 11C (5neutrons), 14C (8neutrons), 15C (9neutrons), 16C (10neutrons), 17C (11neutrons).

Answer 4

In the carbon-12 isotope, there are 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons. In the carbon-14 isotope, there are 6 protons, 8 neutrons, and 6 electrons. These are two examples of isotopes of carbon. The number of neutrons varies with the isotope.

Answer 5

Carbon contains 6 protons and 6 neutrons in its nucleus and 6 electrons outside the nucleus.