Another isotope of carbon has a mass of 14. How many protons, neutrons, and electrons are in this isotope?

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Another isotope of carbon has a mass of 14. How many protons, neutrons, and electrons are in this isotope?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-11T16:01:42

Well, all isotopes of carbon have #Z=6#...

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And so #""^14C# necessarily has 6 nuclear protons. And to account for the remaining mass there are 8 #"nucular"# neutrons. Because the atom is neutral, there must be electrons, in order to balance the nuclear charge.

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Another isotope of carbon has a mass of 14. How many protons, neutrons, and electrons are in this isotope?

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