6 neutrons. you take the mass, and subtract the atomic number.
Roughly, subtract the atomic number (6) from it's atomic mass (12.01) and round to the nearest integer to get the average number of neutrons in a carbon sample, in this case 6.
If carbon has a mass number of 12, it means it has 6 protons (since the atomic number of carbon is 6). To find the number of neutrons, you subtract the number of protons from the mass number. Therefore, carbon-12 would have 6 neutrons.
Neutrons. The number of protons is ALWAYS the same for the same element. Different forms of the same element, called isotopes, differ in the number of neutrons only and will react chemically in exactly the same way.
neutrons, subtract the atomic number from the mass number to find the number of neutrons, atomic number is the number is the amount of protons, atomic mass is the average mass of one mole of atoms. each particle wieghing one amu (atomic mass unit)
The carbon isotope with seven neutrons is carbon-14. The atomic number of carbon is 6, which represents the number of protons. The mass number is the sum of protons and neutrons, so for carbon-14, it is 6 (protons) + 7 (neutrons) = 14. Thus, carbon-14 has an atomic number of 6 and a mass number of 14.
Carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are isotopes of carbon, meaning they all have the same number of protons (6) but different numbers of neutrons. The isotopes differ in their atomic mass due to the varying number of neutrons, with carbon-12 having 6 neutrons, carbon-13 having 7 neutrons, and carbon-14 having 8 neutrons.
To find the number of neutrons in carbon-12, you subtract the atomic number from the mass number. Carbon has an atomic number of 6, which means it has 6 protons. Since carbon-12 has a mass number of 12, the number of neutrons is 12 (mass number) - 6 (atomic number) = 6 neutrons.
Carbon 14 has 8 neutrons. This is because carbon 14 has 6 protons, which is the atomic number of carbon, and the number of neutrons can be calculated by subtracting the atomic number from the atomic mass number, which is 14 in this case.
All carbon isotopes have the same number of neutrons.
Carbon has 6 protons an 6 electrons (in a neutral state). The number of neutrons is: - for 12C: 6 neutrons - for 13C: 7 neutrons - for 14C: 8 neutrons For artificila isotopes: number of neutrons = mass number - atomic number
The position of Carbon on the periodic table tells you how many protons carbon has in its nucleus. The number after it tells you the total number of protons and neutrons. You can take the number after it and subtract its number on the periodic table and get the number of neutrons. For example: Helium is the second element in the periodic table. Helium 3 has two protons and one neutron. Helium 4 has 2 protons and 2 neutrons. Since it is element number 2 it has two protons. Now try that with carbon.
A carbon atom with a mass number of 12 has 6 protons (which is the atomic number of carbon) and 6 neutrons.