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An atom is carbon _because_ it has six protons. An isotope is any atom that has a differing Atomic Mass while maintaining the same elemental identity, i.e., the same number of protons.
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How many protons does a neutral carbon atom c-12 has?
A carbon atom has 6 protons, 6 electrons and 6 neutrons
Atom of same element with different number of neutrons?
Isotopes have the same number of protons but different number of neutrons. Carbon has several isotopes: carbon-12, carbon-13, carbon-14, etc. They all have 6 protons but their mass and physical properties change due to the number of neutron.
What effect does changing the number of particles in an atom have on the atoms identity?
An atom is made of smaller particles called protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons and nuetrons are in the nucleus. The number of protons in a nucleus is the atomic number and defines the type of element the atom forms. The number of neutrons determines the isotope of an element. For example, the carbon-12 isotope has 6 protons and 6 neutrons, while the carbon-14 isotope has 6 protons and 8 neutrons. If the numbe of protons were to change, it would no longer be carbon.
The atomic number of carbon is six therefore the number of protons in a carbon atom equals?
6. The atomic number is equal to the amount of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. The number of electrons can change due to bonds. The number of neutrons changes only when you have an isotope.
What is the mass number of an isotope o this atom that has has 2neutrons?
The mass number of an isotope is the sum of its protons and neutrons. If the atom has 2 neutrons, you would need to know the number of protons (which defines the element) to calculate the mass number. For example, if the atom has 6 protons (like carbon), the mass number would be 6 protons + 2 neutrons = 8. Therefore, the mass number of this isotope would be 8.
How does the atomic number relate to the number of protons in an atom?
Atomic Mass (of an isotope) - number of protons (of an isotope) = number of neutrons (of an isotope)
What is an osotope?
Not sure about an 'Osotope' Isotope: A variation in the number of neutrons in the core of an atom of a given element is an isotope of that element. Carbon has six protons in the core of the atom. Carbon-12 has six neutrons in its core. Carbon-13 has seven neutrons. Carbon-13 is an isotope of Carbon.
An atom of carbon-14 contains how many protons?
All carbon atoms have 6 protons, which is why carbon's atomic number is 6. All neutral carbon atoms have 6 electrons. The number of neutrons in a carbon-14 atom is its mass number minus its atomic number, 14 - 6 = 8 neutrons.
How many electrons does a neutral isotope of C with 8 neutrons have?
A neutral isotope of carbon with 8 neutrons will have 6 electrons. This is because carbon has an atomic number of 6, which is the number of protons, and in a neutral atom the number of electrons equals the number of protons.
What atom of the carbon has 6 protons?
AnswerI am thinking 6 protons and 6 electrons!!!i know 6 protons and 6 electrons. if you look on the periodic table the number that is solid is the atomic number right. so if you take the mass and round it up.. you divide the mass by the atomic number and you get your answer.Definitly 6 protons and 6 electrons
If an atom has six protons and four neutrons what is its?
It's an isotope of Carbon, specifically Carbon-4. An atom in its neutral state will have equal numbers of protons and neutrons. The number of protons is also called the atomic number, and makes the specific atom what it is. (Carbon always has 6 protons, 5 protons is Boron and 7 protons is Nitrogen.) If there is an unequal number of neutrons, it usually indicates an isotope, an atom that isn't in the natural, most commonly occurring ground state. In this instance, it is Carbon-4. (Carbon-4, also called C-4 is a common explosive because of it's unstable nature.)
How many electrons does the carbon-12 isotope have?
There are six electrons in a carbon atom, the isotope does not change this.
