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It varies. The vast majority of carbon atoms have 6 neutrons, but there are isotopes with 7 and 8 neutrons.
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∙ 12y agodepends on isotope. C-12 has 6, C-14 has 8, etc.
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∙ 9y agoThe carbon atom has 15 known isotopes, all of which vary in the number of neutrons. The most common isotope, carbon-12 has 6 neutrons.
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∙ 13y agoCarbon's atomic number is 6. Thus it has 6 protons per atom. 12C, its most common isotope, has 12 - 6 = 6 neutrons.
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∙ 12y agoThere are 6.
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∙ 12y agoCarbon has 6 neutrons
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∙ 14y ago6, the atomic number of carbon.
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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.
How many protons in the carbon atom?
6 protons 6 neutrons 6 electrons 4 valence electrons
How many electrons in carbon-16?
Carbon is a non metal element. There are 12 electrons in a single atom.
How many neutrons does an mg2 ion have?
It has 12 neutrons.
What subatomic particles could be changed without changing which element the atom?
You are probably referring to neutrons which are often found within the nucleus of an atom in numbers different from the protons. An atom of the element carbon, for instance, normally consists of 12 protons, 12 electrons and 12 neutrons. However, an isotope of carbon known as C13 consists of 12 protons, 12 electrons and 13 neutrons.
How many neutrons does carbon and nitrogen have?
Carbon has 6 neutrons, and Nitrogen has 7.
How many neutrons are in a carbon-12 atom?
Carbon 12 has 6 neutrons
How many neutrons are in carbon?
There are 6 neutrons in carbon. it depends on which isotope of carbon it is. C-12 has 6 neutrons C-13 has 7 neutrons C-14 has 8 neutrons
How many neutrons are usually found in carbon nucleus?
There are 6 neutrons in a carbon nucleus.
How many neutrons does carbon have if it has a Mass Number of 12?
The isotope carbon-12 has 6 neutrons.
How many protons and neutrons are there in atom of carbon 12?
Carbon 12 has 6 protons and 6 neutrons.
How many carbon and neutrons are in barium?
Barium has 81 neutrons :D
How many neutrons in Carbon-12?
There are six neutrons.
How many protons and neutrons are in a nculeus of carbon 13?
Carbon-13 contains 6 protons and 7 neutrons.
How many numbers of neutrons does the element carbon have?
The carbon atom can have either 6, 7 or 8 neutrons in its nucleus.
How many neutrons does the isotope carbon have?
Most carbon atoms have 6 neutrons, but a small fraction of them have 7 neutrons (to make carbon-13 isotope atoms) or 8 neutrons to make carbon-14 isotopes. Radioactive carbon atoms with other numbers of neutrons can be made in nuclear reactions.
How many neutrons does the isotope carbon-14 have?
carbon 14 has 6 protons, 6 electrons, and 8 neutrons.
