The atomic number
6 protons [because Carbon is number 6] 6 electrons [because if you want it to be neutral it has to be same as protons number] 8 neutrons [because atomic mass contains neutrons + protons. 14 - 6 = 8]
A carbon atom with a mass number of 14 and atomic number of 6 will have 8 neutrons, calculated by subtracting the atomic number from the mass number. The mass number represents the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom, and the atomic number indicates the number of protons, which in this case would be 6 for carbon.
The symbol for the radioactive isotope Carbon-14 is ^14C. The superscript 14 indicates the mass number of the isotope, which is the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The letter C represents the chemical element carbon.
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.
In order to find the number of neutrons in the atoms of an element, you must specify the isotope that you are interested in. Isotopes are specified according to their mass number. For example carbon-12 is the isotope of carbon that has a mass number of 12, and carbon-14 is the isotope of carbon that has a mass number of 14. All atoms of the same element, regardless of mass number, have the same number of protons, which is the element's atomic number. To determine the number of neutrons in an isotope, you subtract the atomic number from the mass number. For example, the atomic number of carbon is 6, which means that all carbon atoms contain 6 protons in their nuclei. So, to find the number of neutrons in a carbon-12 atom, subtract 6 from 12, and you get 6 neutrons in the atoms of carbon-12. To find the number of neutrons in a carbon-14 atom, subtract 6 from 14, and you get 8 neutrons in the atoms of carbon-14.
The isotopic notation for carbon-14 is ^14_6C. This notation indicates the atomic number (6, which represents carbon) as a subscript and the mass number (14) as a superscript.
It represents the mass number of that particular isotope.
The 14 in 14C represents the total number of protons and neutrons in the carbon atom's nucleus. Carbon-14 (14C) is a radioactive isotope with 6 protons and 8 neutrons.
The top number is 14 and the bottom number is 6. The latter is the same for any isotope of carbon, but the top number changes with the number of neutrons in the isotope, because the top number is the mass number, which is defined to be the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons.
The symbol for carbon is C and its atomic number is 6.
6 protons [because Carbon is number 6] 6 electrons [because if you want it to be neutral it has to be same as protons number] 8 neutrons [because atomic mass contains neutrons + protons. 14 - 6 = 8]
Carbon is a non metal element. Atomic mass number of it is 12.
A carbon atom with a mass number of 14 and atomic number of 6 will have 8 neutrons, calculated by subtracting the atomic number from the mass number. The mass number represents the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom, and the atomic number indicates the number of protons, which in this case would be 6 for carbon.
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.
The symbol for the radioactive isotope Carbon-14 is ^14C. The superscript 14 indicates the mass number of the isotope, which is the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The letter C represents the chemical element carbon.
The isotope number and the atomic number can be used to calculate the number of neutrons. Consider carbon-14. The atomic number for carbon is 6 (i.e., the number of protons is 6). The isotope number of carbon-14 (i.e., 14 = protons + neutrons). Subtract the atomic number from the isotope number calculate the number of neutrons (8 for carbon-14).
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.