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soldier1979 [14.2K]
3 years ago
6

Statements describing carbon ?

Biology
1 answer:
Pani-rosa [81]3 years ago
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Carbon has an atomic number of 6, atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, therefore carbon has 6 protons, and since the number of electrons are equal to the number of protons in a neutral atom, then the number of electrons in carbon atom is 6
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