【】How Many Neutrons Does Carbon Have?||Number of Neutrons in Carbon

Carbon has six neutrons for this isotope.

Explanation:

Hello, chemistry lover! today we are going to find out  how many neutrons carbon have in just 3 steps.

To find out the number of neutrons  for carbon,we have to have knowledge about atomic number,atomic mass,mass number of carbon.

                    Step-1:


●The atomic number of carbon is the number of protons in carbon's nucleus.


●The atomic mass of carbon is the average number of  protons plus neutrons of all the isotopes of carbon.


●The Masss number of carbon is the number of protons plus neutrons of a specific isotope of carbon.

                    Step-2:

We need to convert atomic mass of carbon to mass number of  carbon by rounding if necessary (In case of fraction) .

From periodic table,


  ●Atomic number of carbon  is 6(Six).

●Atomic mass of  carbon is 12.01

●To find out mass number,we need to round 12.01 to a whole number.So,by rounding,we are getting mass number  of carbon.The mass number of carbon is 12.01.




                    Step-3:

By the difference between mass number and atomic number of carbon,we get the number of neutrons in carbon.


●Number of neutrons=12-6=6
Therefore,the number of neutrons in carbon is 6 here for this isotope.

● Number of electrons in carbon is 6.Remember that number of electron equals to proton in a neutral atom.

●Number of protons in carbon is 6.



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