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The carbon 12 isotope has six neutrons and six protons in the nucleus, hence, 12 nucleons in total.
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What if carbon had one additional neutron but the other subatomic particles remained the same this slightly different atom would be called?
It would still be called carbon. THIS ACTUALLY EXISTS! The number of protons determines an element. Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons are said to be different ISOTOPES of an element. For example, the most common isotope of carbon is called carbon-12; since carbon has 6 protons, it means that the remaining 6 particles are neutrons. However, carbon-13 (6 protons, 7 neutrons) and carbon-14 (6 protons, 8 neutrons) also exist in nature.
Which has a subatomic particle of a mass of 1.67 times 10-27 kg?
The proton and the neutron have mass each of one atomic mass unit. Actually they are not quite the same, but they are very close.
Which subatomic particle is nearly equal to the masses of the other two subatomic particles added together?
You may be referring to neutrons, protons and electrons. The neutron is heavier than the proton, but the difference is more like two electrons than one.
Is quark bigger or neutron?
neutron
What is a sentence for neutron?
A sentence for neutron is:A neutron can be described as an uncharged elementary particle
What the neutron for carbon?
carbon has 12 neucleons and 6 protons so it has 12- 6= 6 neutrons
Besides the neutron what was the other product of Chadwick's nuclear reaction?
carbon-12
What is the neutron to proton ratio in a stable form of carbon 12?
It is a 1:1 ratio because in a Carbon-12 atom there are 6 neutrons and 6 protons.
Atoms of the same element can differ in?
An atom is made of 3 key componants, proton, neutron and electron. Different amounts of protons in the atom make it a different element, e.g carbon 12 is an element with 12 protons AND neutrons, so 6 protons and 6 neutrons. So if a proton is added to an atom, it creates a different type of atom....but.....if another Neutron is added, for example, making carbon 12-->carbon 14 by adding 2 neutrons, this makes it an isotope of carbon, as carbon would normally be found as carbon 12. So an isotope is an atom with an unnatural amount of neutrons within it.
Carbon 12 and carbon 14 are isotope of carbon?
because carbon-12 and carbon-14 both have different electrons while having the same proton and different neutron.
What is the number of protons neutrons and electrons of carbon 12?
Carbon-12 has 6 protons, neutrons, and electrons.
What is a proton and neutron added together?
A proton and a neutron added together would be Deuterium without an electron.
What is a number of neutron in carbon?
6
If one isotope of carbon has 6 protons and 6 neutrons The number of protons and neutrons of a second isotope of carbon would be 6 and 6 7 and 7 6 and 7 or 7and 6?
It would be 6 and 7. Here is why.... The isotope is created when you add a neutron. Protons cannot be added or taken from an atom or it changes the element entirely. Therefore, if you have carbon (6 protons & 6 neutrons) and you add a NEUTRON, you now have the 2nd isotope of carbon. I am positive that you cannot add protons to an atom. The one I am most familiar with is hydrogen. Hydrogen has one proton & ZERO neutrons. If you add one neutron you have deuterium which is the second isotope of hydrogen. If you add two neutrons you have Trittium...... By adding neutrons you have different variations of the SAME ELEMENT! If you added protons to the atom you would have DIFFERENT ELEMENTS! Hope this helps.
How does carbon 12 become carbon 14?
It doesn't. Under natural conditions, carbon 14 generally forms from nitrogen 14. A high energy neutron from space strikes the nitrogen nucleus, causing it to eject a proton, ultimately forming a carbon 14 atom and hydrogen 1 atom. It can also occur via neutron capture by carbon 13. Currently there is an overabundance of carbon 14 in the atmosphere as a result of nuclear testing.
How do carbon 12 and carbon 14 differ?
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
How many neutron?
The number of neutrons in a nucleus depends on the element referred to and the specific isotope. For example how many neutrons in Carbon-12 would give an answer of 6
