To be a carbon atom or ion, it must contain 6 protons. There may be either 6, 7 or 8 neutrons along with the protons in the nucleus.
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.
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.
Carbon-13 has 6 protons because the element is carbon. Since the atomic number for carbon is 6, it tells us the number of protons. Carbon-13 has 7 neutrons because to get the number of neutrons you subtract the atomic number from the mass number, which is 13.
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.
Carbon 12 has 6 protons and 6 neutrons. Carbon 14 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Carbon 12 is abundant in the environment, accounting for 98.89% of all carbon and is a stable isotope of carbon. Carbon 14 accounts for only about 1 trillionth of all of the carbon on Earth and is radioactive, with a half life of roughly 5700 years, which makes it good for use in dating fossils etc
Carbon 12 has 6 protons and 6 neutrons.
6 protons, 6 neutrons
Carbon-13 contains 6 protons and 7 neutrons.
carbon 14 has 6 protons, 6 electrons, and 8 neutrons.
protons: 6 electrons: 12 neutrons: 6
A carbon atom with a mass number of 12 has 6 protons (which is the atomic number of carbon) and 6 neutrons.
6 protons. The number of neutrons varies, but the most common isotope has 6 neutrons.
There would be 6 protons and 5 neutrons. Such isotope does not exist though.
6 electrons, protons, and neutrons.
Protons: 6 Neutrons: Anywhere between 2 and 16. The most common isotope of carbon has 6 neutrons.
The carbon-12 isotope has 6 protons and 6 neutrons. This isotope is the most stable and abundant form of carbon.
Carbon 14 has 6 protons, 8 neutrons, and (in the neutral atom) 6 electrons.