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The carbon atom can have either 6, 7 or 8 neutrons in its nucleus.
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How many protons will carbon have if the mass number is 13?
it is possible for a particular element to have various numbers of neutrons
How many neutrons does the isotope carbon-14 have?
carbon 14 has 6 protons, 6 electrons, and 8 neutrons.
How many neutrons does the mass number 12 have?
Carbon is the element with mass 12. It has 6 neutrons.
Do all isotopes of an elements have different numbers of electrons?
No. The essence of an isotope is that all isotopes have the same number of protons in the nucleus, and thus the same number of electrons. What varies is the number of neutrons in the nucleus.
How many neutrons have?
The number of neutrons in a nucleus depends on the element referred to and the specific isotope. For example how many neutrons in Carbon-12 would give an answer of 6
How many neutrons does the element carbon have?
Carbon 12 the most common contains 6 Carbon 13 contains 7 Carbon 14 contains 8
What is an element that has 6 protons 6 electrons and 6 neutrons?
To know the element, you need only know how many protons it has. All atoms of carbon have 6 protons. Carbon-12 is an isotope of carbon that has 6 protons and 6 neutrons.
How many neutrons will carbon have if the mass is 14?
Carbon is element number 6 and so has 6 protons so 14 - 6 means it has 8 neutrons
How many protons are there in carbon?
There are 6 protons in carbon. The weights of the different isotopes are due to different numbers of neutrons.
How many neutron?
The number of neutrons in a nucleus depends on the element referred to and the specific isotope. For example how many neutrons in Carbon-12 would give an answer of 6
How many protons electrons and neutrons are in a carbon 12 atom?
Answer Firstly, all carbon atoms have only 6 protons. Most of them have 6 neutrons (giving an atomic weight of 12 a.m.u.). Some have 8 neutrons (giving an atomic weight of 14 a.m.u.). These atoms are called isotopes. They are the same chemical element, and react the same in chemical reactions, but the different numbers of neutrons make them slightly different. When atoms of the same element appear with different numbers of neutrons in the nuclei, we call the variations on the theme isotopes of that element.
What are isotopes of the same element?
Isotopes of an element have nuclei with the same number of protons (the same atomic number) but different numbers of neutrons. Therefore, isotopes have different mass numbers, which give the total number of nucleons-the number of protons plus neutrons. Many, if not all, elements have isotopes. Most are unstable, i.e. radioactive, due to interactions involving the weak force. IN SHORT:Isotopes have the same atomic number but different atomic mass. For example: Carbon-12, for instance, has 6 protons and 6 neutrons. Carbon-13, an isotope of carbon, has 6 protons and 7 neutrons.
