Carbon has an electronic configuration of 1s² 2s² 2p², which involves two shells.
Carbon is a chemical element. Its atomic number is 6; its atomic weight is 12.011.
It is a group IVA element, residing between boron and nitrogen on the periodic table, and it has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons. The electron configuration is 1s2 , 2s2, 2p2
