LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -It has an atomic number of 6. That means a carbon atom has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, carbon has six protons and is atomic number 6. Carbon occurs naturally in three isotopes: carbon 12, which has 6 neutrons (plus 6 protons equals 12), carbon 13, which has 7 neutrons, and carbon 14, which has 8 neutrons. Every element has its own number of isotopes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every carbon atom has six protons, and the majority of carbon atoms have six neutrons. A carbon-12 atom has 6 protons (6P) and 6 neutrons (6N). But some types of carbon have more than six neutrons. We call forms of elements that have a different number of neutrons, isotopes.

Detailed explanation-4: -A neutral atom of Carbon-12 contains six protons, six neutrons, and six electrons; therefore, it has a mass number of 12 (six protons plus six neutrons).

Detailed explanation-5: -When the protons are less than the electrons the atom is a negative charge or anion. For this example the Carbon atom has 6 protons and 6 electrons making it neutral.