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The atomic number of an element accounts for the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom of that element. For example:
* Hydrogen atomic number is one. The nucleus of its atom has one proton. * Oxygen atomic number is 8. The nucleus of its atom has 8 protons. * Iron atomic number is 26. The nucleus of its atom has 26 protons. * Lead atomic number is 82. The nucleus of its atom has 82 protons. * Uranium atomic number is 92. The nucleus of its atom has 92 protons.
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Is the atomic weight of an element is equal to the number of protons minus the number of neutrons?
No, the atomic weight of an element is not equal to the number of protons minus the number of neutrons. Atomic weight is the average weight of an element's isotopes taking into account their abundance, which includes the sum of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
Which particles account for the difference between the atomic number and the mass number?
The answer is that it is neutrons that account for the difference between atomic weight and atomic number. The atomic number is the number of protons or the number of electrons in the atom, since they are normally equal. The atomic weightis the sum of the total number of protons, electrons AND neutrons in the atom. Knowing both the atomic number and the atomic weight of an atom lets you know the number of neutrons in the atom (the isotope). Example: Uranium, Atomic Number 92, Atomic Weight 235. The atomic number tell you that the uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons. The atomic weight tells you that it has a combined total of 235 protons, electrons and neutrons. Since you know from the atomic number that there is a total of 184 protons and electrons in the atom (92 + 92) and from the atomic weight that the total number of protons, electons and neutrons is 235 (92 + 92 + X = 235), you now know that there are 151 neutrons in that uranium atom. The atomic number and atomic weight together tell you that the uranium atom 235 has 92 protons, 92 electons and 151 neutrons.
How do you get the atomic number and weight?
The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in its nucleus. The atomic weight is the average mass of an element's isotopes, taking into account their relative abundance. Both the atomic number and weight can be found on the periodic table for each element.
What number represents the number of protons in an atom?
Protons are represented by the atomic number of an element. The number of protons is also the number of electrons. The number of protons is also represented in re Atomic Mass, which is the number of protons and the number of neutrons combined.
What is the difference between the atomic number and atomic mass?
The atomic number represents the number of protons in an atom's nucleus. It determines the element's identity. Atomic mass is the average mass of an atom of an element, taking into account its isotopes and their abundance. It is the sum of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
Which of these makes up an atom's mass number?
The mass number of an atom is determined by the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of the atom. It does not take into account the number of electrons, which are negligible in terms of contributing to the mass of an atom.
What determines an attoms atomic number?
The number of protons.
Two atoms will always have the same atomic number if they have the same?
Number of protons
Define the term mass number?
Mass number is a value approximate to the number of protons (Atomic Number) plus the number of neutrons within an atom of the element considered. I say approximate as mass number takes into account the mass of the nucleus and not the actual number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
What is the particle that identifies a atom?
The number of protons in an atom's nucleus determines its chemical identity.
Which number is equal to the number of protons in the atoms?
The number of protons is identical to the number of electrons when an atom is in a neutral state.
What does the atomic mass tell you about the element and it's protons and neutrons?
The atomic mass of an element represents the average mass of its isotopes, taking into account their abundance. It is the sum of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. By subtracting the atomic number (number of protons) from the atomic mass, you can determine the number of neutrons in the nucleus.
