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An element is determined by the number of?
An element can be identified by the number of protons in the nucleus of its atoms.
What is the indicates number of atoms?
the number of protons
What is the number of protons in an atoms nucleus?
The number of protons in a nucleus is called the proton number, or atomic number. It is what defines which element we have.
What does the number of atoms in the nucleus determine?
Do you mean number of protons in a nucleus? The nucleus is part of an atom.
Why does the atomic number of an atom differ from the atomic mass?
Because the atomic number indicates the number of protons per nucleus while the mass number is the sum of the number of protons and the number of neutrons per nucleus, and all atoms except hydrogen-1 have neutrons in their nuclei.
What is the number of protons in an atoms nucleus represent its?
atomic number
If you assigned an atomic number that indicates the number of protons what is it called?
atoms
The property of an element that indicates the number of protons in its atoms?
Atomic Number
What type of information does the atomic number provide?
The total number of protons and neutrons in an atoms nucleus. The proton number on the other hand states just the number of protons in an atoms nucleus, hence the atomic number take away the proton number equals the number of neutrons in an atoms nucleus.
What is number of protons of an atom is the atoms atomic number?
The number of protons in the atomic nucleus is equal to atomic number.
What determines the atomic number of a substance?
The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, while the atomic mass is the total mass of the nucleus (both protons and neutrons)
Which is the element with the largest number of protons in the nucleus of its atoms?
Ununoctium
