$Isotopes A$ $"Isotopes A"$ and $B$ $"B"$ EACH have six protons. $A$ $A$ has six neutrons, and $B$ $B$ has eight neutrons. What are the charges of each isotope?

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$Isotopes A$ $"Isotopes A"$ and $B$ $"B"$ EACH have six protons. $A$ $A$ has six neutrons, and $B$ $B$ has eight neutrons. What are the charges of each isotope?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-28T20:33:54

Unknown. Likely, both isotopes are neutral.

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Isotope $A$ $A$ has 12 nuclear particles. Since there are 6 protons, the element $A$ $A$ is $^{12} C$ $""^12C$ , and $B$ $B$ is $^{14} C$ $""^14C$ . I can define the identity of the element and its mass, simply by atomic number and number of neutrons. Since carbon rarely forms ions, I guess there are 6 electrons associated with each isotope, giving neutral atoms, but the number of electrons was unspecified.

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