Question

What is the atomic number of carbon-14?

Answer 1

Why `Z_"the atomic number"=6`....

Explanation:

The atomic number is the number of protons, massive, positively charged nuclear particles, present in the nucleus of an atom. `Z` DEFINES the indentity of the element...`Z=1,` `"hydrogen"`; `Z=2,` `"helium"`; `Z=3,` `"lithium"`; `Z=4,` `"beryllium"`; `Z=5,` `"boron"`; and `Z=6,` `"carbon...."`...etc.. or at least that's what it says on the Periodic Table.

Of course we gots the ISOTOPE, `""^14C`...the nucleus of this isotope has EIGHT neutrons, 8 neutrally-charged massive nuclear particles, the which interact somehow with the protons. `""^14C` occurs with an isotopic abundance of approx. one part in `10^12`...

Answer 2

The atomic number is 6 the number of protons.

Explanation:

`""_6^14 C`

The bottom number of the atom is the atomic number which is based on the number of protons.

The 14 is the total mass of the atom. Carbon 14 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons for a total mass of 14