The isotope is named "carbon-12".
Subtract the atomic number from the mass number. Example Carbon-12 an isotope with a mas number of 12. Carbon has an atomic number of 6 therefore carbon-12 has 6 neutrons.
It represents the mass number of that particular isotope.
As the atomic number of nitrogen is 7, the most abundant isotope of this atmospheric gas must have 7 neutrons (14.007 - 7 = about 7), and this will make nitrogen-14 that isotope that is most abundant.
To determine the number of neutrons in a carbon isotope with a mass number of 14, you need to know the atomic number of carbon. The atomic number of carbon is 6, so the number of neutrons would be 14 (mass number) - 6 (atomic number) = 8 neutrons.
The most common isotope of carbon is Carbon-12, which has a mass number of 12.
The isotope is named "carbon-12".
The isotope is named "carbon-12".
The most common naturally occurring isotope of carbon is carbon-12, which has a mass number of 12.
Carbon-12
Carbon isotope.
The isotope is named "carbon-12".
The mass number of a carbon isotope is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus. Since carbon has 6 protons, an isotope with 7 neutrons would have a mass number of 13 (6 protons + 7 neutrons = 13).
Subtract the atomic number from the mass number. Example Carbon-12 an isotope with a mas number of 12. Carbon has an atomic number of 6 therefore carbon-12 has 6 neutrons.
The mass number of carbon-13 is 13. This indicates that carbon-13 has 6 protons and 7 neutrons in its nucleus. It is a stable isotope of carbon.
Most helium has a mass number of 4. The rare 3He isotope has a mass number of 3. The mass number is the integer total of protons and neutrons for a given isotope. For example radioactive carbon-14 has a mass number of 14, while carbon-12 (the most common stable form) has a mass number of 12.
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