I have this question in my homework but mine has a minus sign after the 2 so if urs does to then it is negative but if it doesnt then it is positive. it has 12 electrons because oxygen has 6 protons + 8 protons (carbon) = 14 -2 = 12 electrons
Protons and electrons have mass and charge.
Carbon has 6 protons and 6 neutrons in its nucleus. It is also surrounded by 6 electrons, giving it a neutral charge.
A neutral carbon atom always contains 6 protons and 6 electrons. The number of neutrons can vary, but in the most common isotope, this number is also 6. Each electron carries an electrical charge of -1. Therefore, an ions of this isotope of carbon with a -3 charge contains 9 electrons, and the numbers of protons and neutrons remain the same as in the neutral atom.
Protons and electrons both have a positive or negative charge, but neutrons have no charge.
Protons have a positive charge of +1 elementary charge, electrons have a negative charge of -1 elementary charge, and neutrons are neutral with no charge. Copper has 29 protons and 29 electrons, so it is overall electrically neutral.
Protons are always postive, neutrons are always neutral and electrons are always negative. Carbon has no charge because it has as many protons as it has electrons.
A neutral atom of carbon has 6 protons and 6 electrons. This is because in a neutral atom, the number of protons (positive charge) is equal to the number of electrons (negative charge), balancing each other out.
+6 which is neutralized by the electrons outside the nucleus
Lithium atoms carry a charge of +1, as they have 3 protons and 2 electrons. Carbon atoms do not have a net charge, as they have 6 protons and 6 electrons, balancing out the positive and negative charges.
For the isotope carbon-12: 6 protons, 6 neutrons, 6 electrons
Protons and electrons have mass and charge.
An atom of Carbon with a mass of 15 and a +2 charge must have 13 protons. This is because the atomic number of Carbon is 6, so a neutral Carbon atom would have 6 protons. Since the atom has a +2 charge, it has lost two electrons, making it a cation, and giving it 2 more protons than electrons.
Carbon has 6 protons and 6 neutrons in its nucleus. It is also surrounded by 6 electrons, giving it a neutral charge.
Because it is carbon, it automatically has 6 protons (remembering that it is the number of protons that becomes the basis for naming atoms). However, it's a little unclear based on the question as to what the number of electrons is in the system since no charge is given (remember: Charge No. = No. of protons - No. of Electrons). Assume a neutral atom, however, and you would have 6 electrons.
Protons have a positive charge, electrons have a negative charge, and neutrons are neutral and have no charge.
Carbon-14 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons in its nucleus, making it an isotope of carbon. Since it is a neutral atom, it also has 6 electrons, which balance the positive charge of the protons in the nucleus.
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