answersLogoWhite

0

How big is a carbon atom?

Updated: 8/10/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

Best Answer

The empirical atomic radius of carbon is 70 pm.

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

The atomic radius of an atom of carbon is 67 pm (picometers).

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

1.7 x 10^(-10) metter, or 0.17 nm

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: How big is a carbon atom?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Is carbon a small or big atom?

The empirically measured covalent radius of carbon is 7o picometers; it is a small atom.


Is carbon in the inside a atom or outside an atom?

Carbon is an atom.


What do you mean by 1 atom of Carbon and 1 gram atom of Carbon?

One atom of carbon is one atom of carbon. One gram atom of carbon is the atomic weight (14 in the case of carbon) in grams, so it would be 14 grams of carbon.


What is adjacent atom and bond?

The adjacent carbon atom means the carbon atom next to, or beside, the atom of interest. For example, in an aldehyde, the carbon that has the double bond to oxygen is called the carbonyl carbon. The adjacent carbon is called the alpha (α) carbon.


Why carbon monoxide is or is not an atom?

Carbon monoxide is a molecule consisting of one oxygen atom and one carbon atom.


How does the size of a carbon molecule compare to that of hydrogen?

A carbon atom is about 1.5 times as big as a hydrogen atom.You'd need to be more specific about what you mean by "a carbon molecule". Carbon molecules can be enormous.


What do you mean by 1 atom carbon and 1 gram of carbon?

one gram of carbon* Avogdo's number =number of atom (many atom) one atom of carbon mean carbon have a 6 electron and 12 molar mass


How carbon atom able to form many carbon atom?

There are multiple types of carbon atoms (Carbon 12, Carbon 13, and Carbon 14).


Is there more than one atom in carbon monoxide?

Yes. carbon monoxide is CO and has one carbon atom and one oxygen atom.


How many electrons are found in carbon atom?

A single atom of Carbon has 6 electrons, with 4 in the outer shell which it will use to react


How does a carbon atom in the air become part of a starch atom in a carrot?

A carbon atom would become a starch molecule in a root hair by a chemical reaction known as photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is a process that changes light gained from the sun into energy.


How is carbon atom different from a sodium atom?

hi, a carbon atom has 6 protons while sodium atom has 7 protons.