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In a neutral atom, the number of protons equals the number of electrons; it may or may not also equal the number of neutrons.

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What does the equation N equals A-Z mean?

N represents the number of neutrons in an atom, A represents the atom's mass number and Z is the atoms proton number. This makes sense because it shows that the mass number of an atom is the number of protons added to the number of neutrons in the nucleus.


What is hydrogen's number of neutrons equals mass number - atomic number equals?

The number of neutrons in an atom can be calculated by subtracting the atomic number (number of protons) from the mass number. For hydrogen, the atomic number is 1 and the mass number is also 1. Therefore, the number of neutrons in hydrogen is 1 (mass number - atomic number = 1 - 1 = 0 neutrons).


What is a direct consequence of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nuceuls?

Number of proton = atom numberfor example:Hydrogen has 1 proton and its atom number is also 1Number of neutrons + number of protons = mass numberfor example:Hydrogen have 1 proton and and NO neutrons, so the mass number is 1Helium has 2 protons and and 2 neutrons, so the mass number is 4


What is the atom number in a proton?

there are no atoms in a proton. a Proton is a part in the nuleus of an atom. the other parts of an atom are neutrons and electrons


The mass number of an atom is equal to what?

The mass number of an atom is equal to the sum of its protons and neutrons. It is represented by the letter "A" in the chemical symbol notation, where A = number of protons + number of neutrons in the nucleus of the atom.


Why is proton number of an atom of an element different from the nucleon number of an atom of an element?

The difference between proton number (which is atomic number) and nucleon number, which is the number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus, is the number of neutrons in the nucleus of a given nuclide. Nucleons are the components of an atomic nucleus. We know that both protons and neutrons make up an atom's nucleus. So the number of nucleons, which is the number of protons and neutrons, minus the number of protons, will equal the number of neutrons in the atomic nucleus.


Total number of the proton and neutrons in an atom?

The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom is given by the atomic mass number, which is the sum of the number of protons (atomic number) and the number of neutrons in the nucleus of the atom.


Why are electrons number the same as neutrons number?

They are NOT. The number of electrons and the number of neutrons are not linked at all - for instance, an atom of Hydrogen has one proton and one electron and NO neutrons.


How is the number of neutrons in an atom worked out?

they work because in every atom there is a neutron, electron and proton. the electron will tell you what the atomic number is and the neutrons and protons will tell you what element it is.


Why are some atoms are heavier than others?

some atoms are heavier than others as they have higher relative Atomic Mass, by which is equals to proton number + number of neutrons in an atom, according to the Periodic Table of the elements


The combined number of protons and neutrons?

The combined number of protons and neutrons is known as the mass number of an atom. It can be used to calculate the atomic mass by adding the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.


The mass of an atom is eaual to?

The mass of an atom equals to the number of protons and neutrons.