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The atomic number is the same as the number of protons in an element. It is sometimes also the same as the number of electrons depending on the charge of the element.

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The atomic number of an atom is the same as the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom.

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... the number of protons of that element.

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Do isotopes have the same atomic number and the same atomic mass?

No: They have the same atomic number but not the same atomic mass.


What is atomic number same as?

The atomic number is the same as the number of protons.


What is the atomic number of isotope?

Well all Isotopes have the same atomic number so if you have the element the atomic number of an element with that same isotope is that same atomic number.


What is the number of protons in an elements nucleus?

The same as its atomic number.


Atomic number of an element is the same as the?

Atomic number of an element is same as the number of protons. It is same as number of electrons in neutral atom.


Do sulfur-36 and argon-36 have the same atomic number?

No, they have the same atomic mass, which is the number of protons plus the number of neutrons. No two elements have the same atomic number.


What is the atomic number of an element is the same as the number of atom?

the atomic number


How do you work out atomic number?

the atomic number is the same as the number of protons


What atoms with same atomic number but different atomic masses?

Isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons (atomic number) but differ in number of neutrons (hence atomic masses).


Atomic no. of the cation?

The atomic number of the cation is the same as the atomic number of the neutral atom.


Is the atomic number the same as atomic mass?

No.


What subatomic particle is the same as the atomic number?

In a neutral atom, the number of protons (or the number of electrons) are the same as the atomic number.