well the mass number is actually 12. because the ATOMIC MASS is 12.011. and to find the mass number you must round the atomic mass to the nearest WHOLE NUMBER. 12.011 rrounded to its nearest whole number would be 12. and to find the number of neutrons you must subtract the ATOMIC NUMBER (which is 6) from its mass number. 12-6=6. so carbon has 6 neutrons. carbon also has 6 protons, as well as 6 electrons.
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Carbon is made up of carbon atoms, each with six protons in the nucleus and a varying number of neutrons. The most common isotopes of carbon are Carbon-12, which has six neutrons, and Carbon-13, which has seven neutrons.
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A carbon atom always contains six protons. In nature, carbon most commonly has six (12C, carbon-12), seven (13C, carbon-13) or eight (14C, carbon-14) neutrons. However, man-made isotopes of carbon contain as few as two neutrons (8C) or as many as sixteen (22C). Thirteen of the fifteen isotopes of Carbon (i.e. all except 12C and 13C) are radioactive. In addition to neutrons and protons, a carbon atom always has six electrons in orbits around the nucleus.
Not sure about an 'Osotope' Isotope: A variation in the number of neutrons in the core of an atom of a given element is an isotope of that element. Carbon has six protons in the core of the atom. Carbon-12 has six neutrons in its core. Carbon-13 has seven neutrons. Carbon-13 is an isotope of Carbon.
Carbon-13 has seven neutrons. It's rare, and is only 1% of all carbon atoms. Carbon has 6 protons, and usually 6 neutrons, however an extra neutron makes the mass of this isotope 13 amu or g/mol, hence its name.
well the mass number is actually 12. because the ATOMIC MASS is 12.011. and to find the mass number you must round the atomic mass to the nearest WHOLE NUMBER. 12.011 rrounded to its nearest whole number would be 12. and to find the number of neutrons you must subtract the ATOMIC NUMBER (which is 6) from its mass number. 12-6=6. so carbon has 6 neutrons. carbon also has 6 protons, as well as 6 electrons.
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The most common isotope has 7 neutrons. To calculate this, look up the element on a periodic table, subtract the atomic number from the atomic weight, and round to the nearest whole number. Nitrogen, for example, has an atomic number of 7 and an atomic weight of 14.006. 14.006 - 7 = 7.006, which rounds to seven. Most of the low numbered elements have a number of neutrons equal to their atomic number, but the ratio starts to vary in the heavy elements. >>M.T.<<
Seven. Carbon's atomic number (the number of protons in the nucleus) is 6, so if the atomic weight is 13, there are 7 neutrons in the nucleus. Only 1.07% of all carbon atoms have 7 neutrons; the other 98.9% have 6 neutrons.
Nitrogen is made up of seven protons and seven electrons (I'm not 100% sure about the electrons part), and the number of neutrons varies depending on the isotope. (N21 has 14 neutrons, N8 has one neutron)
Carbon is made up of carbon atoms, each with six protons in the nucleus and a varying number of neutrons. The most common isotopes of carbon are Carbon-12, which has six neutrons, and Carbon-13, which has seven neutrons.
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isotopes of carbon
Carbon thirteen … C13
A carbon atom always contains six protons. In nature, carbon most commonly has six (12C, carbon-12), seven (13C, carbon-13) or eight (14C, carbon-14) neutrons. However, man-made isotopes of carbon contain as few as two neutrons (8C) or as many as sixteen (22C). Thirteen of the fifteen isotopes of Carbon (i.e. all except 12C and 13C) are radioactive. In addition to neutrons and protons, a carbon atom always has six electrons in orbits around the nucleus.