A certain atom has a nucleus containing six protons and eight neutrons and has six electrons orbiting the nucleus. This atom is a form of the element — ¡silicon ¡carbon ¡magnesium ¡calcium

Carbon

Explanation:

The way to identify an element is by looking at the number of protons the atom has.  Every element has its own atomic number.  This atom has 6 protons.  If you look at the periodic table, you can see that the atom with the atomic number of 6 is carbon.

a 20-cm-long, cylindrical graphite (pure carbon) rod is inserted into an oxidizing atmosphere at 1145 k and 1.013 x 105 pa pressure. the oxidizing process is limited by the diffu- sion of oxygen counterflow to the carbon monoxide that is formed on the cylindrical surface.