Any isotope of chlorine has the mass number 235.
Total number of protons and neutrons.
Atomic number of a chemical element = Number of protons = Number of electrons Atomic mass of an isotope (mass number) - Number of protons = Number of neutrons
They don't contain the same number of particles because some particles are more dense than others making one atom and another atom the same mass but not have the same number of particles.
The mass is the number of particles. Especially with atoms on the periodic table. The atomic mass is the number of proton and neutrons in the nucleus.
The atomic number is 11 and atomic mass is 23. The number of protons and electrons in sodium is 11 and the number of neutrons is 12
The charged particles would be protons (+) and would have a mass of 7 ( which would also tell you its atomic number, making this element Nitrogen). If the uncharged particles are eight in number and like protons have a value of one, 7 + 8 = 15 for atomic mass. Since the actual atomic mass of N is 14.007, the difference in mass tells us that we are talking about an isotope of N.
mass numbers are whole numbers because the mass number is number of protons in an atom, plus the number of neutrons. you can only have a whole neutron and or proton, therefore, all mass numbers are whole numbers.
Of the common sub-atomic particles, both the proton and the neutron have mass numbers of 1.
Number or Nuclear Particles
These particles are protons and neutrons; but to be correct the mass of electrons must be added.
The total number of subatomic particles in the nucleus
The atomic mass number of an element is determined by mass of the nucleus of an atom. Therefore the particles that make up the nucleus determine the mass number. These particles are protons and neutrons.The mass of the protons and neutrons do not vary between elements, but the number of each in the nucleus varies between elements and between isotopes of the same element.