How can you identify two ways in which carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are alike?

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How can you identify two ways in which carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are alike?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-23T18:00:29

All the carbon nuclides have $Z=6$ ...........

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All the carbon nuclides have $Z=6$ , where $Z$ equals the number of massive, positively charge particles present in the carbon nucleus. Of course, in the given isotopes, $""^12C$ , $""^13C$ , $""^14C$ , there are $6$ , $7$ , and $8$ neutrons, massive, neutrally charged nuclear particles in each nucleus.

And because these nuclides are NEUTRAL, there must 6 electrons, fundamental, negatively charged particles of negligible mass in each isotope. So there are your two: protons and electrons.

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