In Nevada, you will find major cities such as: Las Vegas, Reno, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Sparks, Carson City, Pahrump, Elko, Fallon, Hawthorne, Gardnerville, Mesquite. With Las Vegas being a large tourist attraction, tourist industries are Nevadaâs largest employers.
Carbon (from Latin: carbo coal) is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. On the Periodic table, it is the first (row 2) of six elements in column (group) 14, which have in common the composition of their outer electron shell. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent âmaking four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds.
What is an atomic number? The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, according to M.J. Farabee, author of Chemistry 1: Atoms and Molecules. The number of protons define the identity of an element, and it determines how many electrons surround the nucleus.