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What is the atomic number of carbon?

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6
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physics.nist.gov, britannica, 'carbon (chemical element)', https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com), entry on the chemical element carbon, which gives its atomic number as 6, encyclopaedia britannica (www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element), atomic number 6, encyclopaedia britannica entry on carbon (chemical element), which states its atomic number is 6, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" article, https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" article, which lists carbon's atomic number as 6; corroborated by nist's periodic table of elements., encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" article, which states carbon has atomic number 6., encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" article, which states carbon's atomic number is 6, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" article: atomic number 6, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" article: https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" entry (britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element), which states carbon has atomic number 6., encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" entry, which states carbon's atomic number is 6, corroborated by nist's atomic weights and isotopic compositions table listing carbon (z=6), encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" entry: carbon has atomic number 6., encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" entry: carbon's atomic number is 6., encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" — states atomic number 6 (www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element), encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)", britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, states atomic number 6; corroborated by nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions (physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/compositions/stand_alone.pl), which lists carbon as z=6., encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)", britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element; cross-checked against nist periodic table of elements, physics.nist.gov, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)", britannica.com; corroborated by nist physical measurement laboratory periodic table (physics.nist.gov), encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)", https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)", https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element — states carbon's atomic number is 6, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)", www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, which lists carbon's atomic number as 6., encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon (chemical element)": states carbon has atomic number 6, https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon | definition, properties, uses, & facts" (britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element), which gives carbon's atomic number as 6, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon" (chemical element) entry, www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element, which states carbon has atomic number 6, encyclopaedia britannica, "carbon" (chemical element), britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element: atomic number 6., encyclopaedia britannica, 'carbon (chemical element)' article: carbon has atomic number 6 (six protons in its nucleus). corroborated by nist's atomic weights and isotopic compositions table, which lists carbon (symbol c) at atomic number z=6., encyclopaedia britannica, 'carbon (chemical element)' — states atomic number 6; corroborated by nist standard reference database 144 (atomic weights and isotopic compositions), which lists carbon at z=6, encyclopaedia britannica, 'carbon (chemical element)' — states the atomic number of carbon is 6., encyclopaedia britannica, 'carbon' (chemical element), which states: 'carbon (c), nonmetallic chemical element in group 14 ... of the periodic table. atomic number 6.', encyclopaedia britannica, entry "carbon (chemical element)": carbon has atomic number 6., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "carbon (chemical element)": states carbon's atomic number is 6., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "carbon" (chemical element), which states carbon has atomic number 6, national institute of standards and technology (nist), atomic data for carbon (c): https://www.physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist atomic data for carbon (c), https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist atomic data for carbon (c): https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist atomic data for carbon (c): https://www.physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist atomic data for carbon: https://www.physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist atomic reference data for electronic structure calculations, carbon: https://www.nist.gov/pml/atomic-reference-data-electronic-structure-calculations/atomic-reference-data-electronic-7-5; nist basic atomic spectroscopic data, atomic number: https://pml.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/atomic_number_a.htm, nist atomic spectra database (physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/asd) — carbon (c) is listed with atomic number z = 6, nist atomic spectra database, atomic data for carbon: https://www.physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions (physics.nist.gov), nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions (physics.nist.gov) and pubchem periodic table: carbon, symbol c, atomic number 6, nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions (physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/compositions/stand_alone.pl), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's carbon article, nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions (physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/compositions/stand_alone.pl?ele=c): carbon, atomic number 6, nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions for all elements — https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/compositions/stand_alone.pl (element c, atomic number 6), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's article on carbon., nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions for carbon (physics.nist.gov), wikipedia carbon page: atomic number 6, nist atomic weights and isotopic compositions for carbon, https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/compositions/stand_alone.pl?ele=c, nist basic atomic spectroscopic data, atomic data for carbon (c): https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist basic atomic spectroscopic data, atomic number: https://pml.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/atomic_number_a.htm, nist elemental data index: https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/elements/elinfo.pl?element=6, nist periodic table of elements (https://www.nist.gov/pml/periodic-table-elements) — carbon (c) is listed with atomic number 6, nist periodic table of elements (physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/pertable/) lists carbon (c) with atomic number z = 6., nist physical measurement laboratory, atomic data for carbon (c), https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist physical measurement laboratory, atomic data for carbon (c): https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist physical measurement laboratory, atomic weights and isotopic compositions for carbon (physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/compositions/stand_alone.pl) — lists carbon, atomic number 6, nist physical measurement laboratory, periodic table / atomic weights and isotopic compositions for all elements (physics.nist.gov), which lists carbon (symbol c) with atomic number z = 6., nist physical measurement laboratory, periodic table / atomic weights and isotopic compositions for all elements (physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/compositions) — carbon (symbol c) is listed with atomic number z = 6., nist standard atomic weights / periodic table of elements (https://www.nist.gov/pml/periodic-table-elements) lists carbon (c) with atomic number 6. also confirmed by encyclopaedia britannica's entry on carbon (https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element), which states carbon has atomic number 6., nist, atomic data for carbon (c): https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist, atomic data for carbon (c): https://www.physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist, atomic data for carbon: https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist, atomic data for carbon: https://www.physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/tables/carbontable1.htm, nist, atomic weights and isotopic compositions for carbon (physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/compositions/stand_alone.pl?ele=c), nist, basic atomic spectroscopic data - atomic number: https://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/atomic_number_a.htm, nist, basic atomic spectroscopic data - atomic number: https://pml.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/atomic_number_a.htm, nist, basic atomic spectroscopic data — atomic number: https://pml.nist.gov/physrefdata/handbook/atomic_number_a.htm, nist, codata internationally recommended values of the fundamental physical constants / periodic table of elements (nist sp 966): carbon (c) has atomic number z = 6., periodic-table.rsc.org, pml.nist.gov, pubchem periodic table, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/periodictable/json, pubchem, carbon | c (element): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/6, pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, www.britannica.com, www.physics.nist.gov

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    #6716Encyclopaedia Britannica, "carbon (chemical element)" — states atomic number 6 (www.britannica.com/science/carbon-chemical-element)
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