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a particle of matter with a positive electric charge
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∙ 6y agoThe number of protons is equal to the atomic number of a chemical element.
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What is the proton number also called?
The proton number is the atomic number.
What is the formula for the atomic number?
atomic number = number of proton in an element number of proton = number of electron mass number = number of proton + number of neutron therefore... atomic number = mass number - number of neutrons
What is meant by proton?
the positive charge present inside the nucleus of an atom having charge+1 is called proton
What type of particle has an atomic number of 1 and a mass number of 1?
Of the common sub-atomic particles, both the proton and the neutron have mass numbers of 1.
What is the importance of proton number in an atom?
The proton number of an atom determines what element it is an atom of. That is, it determines the chemical properties of the atom. It does this because the charge on the neutron is neutral, which means that the total charge of the nucleus is equal to the proton number, which it turn means that the number of electrons in the uncharged atom is equal to the proton number. And that in turn determines which electron shells will be filled and what valence electrons available. In this context, the proton number of the nucleus is the atomic number of theelement.
What is the proton number also called?
The proton number is the atomic number.
What is meant by abstraction of proton?
abstraction of proton means removal of hydrogen because hydrogen leaves without its electrons so it is removed as a proton
What is the proton number called when referring to the periodic table?
Proton number is called atomic number when referring to periodic table. Proton number is equal to atomic number.
What is the formula for the atomic number?
atomic number = number of proton in an element number of proton = number of electron mass number = number of proton + number of neutron therefore... atomic number = mass number - number of neutrons
What is meant by proton?
the positive charge present inside the nucleus of an atom having charge+1 is called proton
The atomic number of an element determines its?
The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons in its nucleus.
What is the atomic number to a proton?
We don't use a atomic number for a proton. But atomic number is the number of protons an atom contains.
How do you calculate avogadro's number?
1 / mass of a proton = avogadro's number 1 / mass of a proton = avogadro's number
The element with a proton number 12 has similar chemical properties to the element with the proton number?
It has similar properties to the element with proton number 20, which is calcium.
Hydrogen number of protons?
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What could be the proton number of an element that has three unpaired electrons in each of its atoms?
the proton number is 15
What element has 1 more proton than hydrogen?
The atomic number is equivalent to its number of protons. One proton in atom is its atomic number is 1. Hydrogen is the only atom with one proton.
