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The atomic mases of the elements are not whole-value numbers because of the existence of quarks?
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∙ 7y ago
First: Atomic Mass if the weighted average of the naturally occuring isotopes of an element. So the averge is un likely to be a whole number.
Second: Atomic mass of an isotope is NOT the sum of the protons and neutrons, thats the mass number. A proton's or a neutron's mass is not exactly 1. Electrons do have mass. So even though one isotope of oxygen has 8 protons and 8 neutrons, the atomic mass is not 16.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 7y agoIn a round-about way this is true. Neutrons and protons are made up of quarks. Protons have 2 up quarks and 1 down quark while neutrons have 1 up quark and 2 down quarks. The reason that the reported mass of an elements is not a whole number is largely because it is an average of he masses of all the isotopes of the element - weighted by the fraction of each isotope in nature. The differences in the weights of the isotopes is due to differences in the number of neutrons in the nucleus - and since neutrons are made up of quarks - yeah - the existence of quarks makes the existence of neutrons possible which makes different isotopes possible which makes it possible for an element to have an average atomic weight that is not a whole number.
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∙ 11y agoD. Protons
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The atomic mass of the elements are not whole value numbers because of the existence of?
D. Protons
Which is capable of independent existence an atom or molecule?
Atoms of most elements are not able to exist independently. Atoms form molecules or ions aggregate in large numbers to form the matter that we can see. Molecule is capable of independent existence.
What do elements of isotopes have differently?
Because of the difference in mass number. Isotopes must have different numbers of neutrons.
How are the actinide series elements created?
Elements with atomic numbers 89-94: natural elements.Elements with atomic numbers 95-98: artificial elements but they are also discoverd in nature as ultratraces.Elements with atomic numbers 99-103: artificial elements.
How Is it possible for the atoms of different elements to have the same mass numbers?
It is possible only because of different number of neutrons.
The atomic mass of the elements are not whole value numbers because of the existence of?
D. Protons
From gaps in his table mendeleev predicted the existence of several elements and their?
Atomic numbers.
How much numbers are there in existence?
There is an infinite amount if numbers in existence.
Why aren't atomic masses of elements not whole numbers?
because of its no. in table of elements
Why do elements have different atomic numbers?
Because they have their own Numbers's own. Carbon and their own chemical.
Which is capable of independent existence an atom or molecule?
Atoms of most elements are not able to exist independently. Atoms form molecules or ions aggregate in large numbers to form the matter that we can see. Molecule is capable of independent existence.
Why atomic number of different elements are different?
Because different elements have different numbers of protons, which determines the atomic number.
How numbers came into existence?
god (:
Why don27t elements in the periodic table have whole numbers for their atomic masses?
Because the masses of protons, neutrons and electrons are not whole numbers.
How many imaginary numbers are in existence?
Infinity
Who discovered irrational numbers?
Hippasus, However Pythagoras could not accept the existence of irrational numbers, because he believed that all numbers had perfect values. But he could not disprove Hippasus' "irrational numbers" and so Hippasus was thrown overboard and drowned.
Where did numbers come from?
The number 1 came because it had 1 angle and so on with all the numbers up to 9
