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What does the atomic number tell you about the atomic structure of any element?
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∙ 14y ago
An atom contains Protons, Neutrons and Electrons the atomic number is the protons and neutrons combined, the number of protons in the atom is equal to the total number of electrons in the atom which are aranged in the outer shells at 2,8,8,8,8 and so on to find the totoal number of protons in the neucleus of the atom you take the Atomic Mass and minus the atomic number from it. so He or Helium is 4.0026 atomic mass and 2 for atomic number and so has 2 protons and so in turn has 2 electrons.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agothe atomic number tells you the amount of protons in the nucleus, which is also equal to the number of electrons orbiting the the nucleus
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What does the relative atomic mass of an element tell us about the relative abundance of an isotope?
None. The relative abundance of isotopes is used to calculate the Average Mass (by multiplying the Atomic Mass of the isotopes by their relative abundancies and adding the products together) while the Atomic Mass is simply the number of protons plus the number of neutrons.
What does an elements atomic number tell you?
It tells you the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms.
What does the mass number on the periodic table mean?
The mass number is the combined number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of the particular element you are looking at. NOTE: (don't be confused by the periodic table) Different elements have isotopes with varying mass numbers, so the mass number displayed on a periodic table is the ratio of those isotopic mass numbers in any given sample of the element your examining. This ratio is often confused with with the mass number of the element when it is displayed on periodic tables, it is actually the relative atomic mass. You can tell if a number is the mass number or a relative atomic mass by whether or not it is a whole number if it is then it's a mass number if it has decimal places out beside it then you're looking at relative atomic mass.
What does the atomic number tells you?
The atomic number tells you how many protons and electrons are in a specific element.Atomic number tells us about protons. Number of protons that atom contains.
The sum of the protons and the neutrons will tell the atomic what?
Atomic mass number of the atom. The best way to remember it is: the majority of the mass of an atom is made up of the protons and neutrons (the electrons are very light!), therefore the atomic mass number is the sum of the protons and neutrons.
What does the atomic number of an element tell you about the element?
Atomic number = Number of protons
Element's atomic number tell about that element?
The atomic number tells you the number of protons in the nucleus of that element.
The atomic number of an element will tell you what?
Atomic number = Number of protons
What does the atomic number tell about an atom of that element?
Atomic number = Number of protons
What does the atomic number of an element tell you about that atom?
Atomic number = Number of protons
How is the periodic table used to describe atomic structure?
The periodic table can be used to describe atomic structure by using the period to tell you how many shells (principle quantum number) there are in an element, and the group number can be used to tell you the number of valence electrons in the outermost shell.
What does the number of elements tell you?
The number is called the element's atomic number. The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom of that element.
What does the atomic number of an element tell?
Number of protons
What atomic number of an element that will not tell you the number of?
Atomic number(z) of an element is the number of protons present in an atom.z = p(protons)
What does the atomic number tell us about an element?
The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus.The Atomic Number of an element helps us to locate that particuarler element on the Periodic Table of Elements.
What can an element's atomic number tell you about its state of matter?
No. the atomic number tells you the number of protons it has.
What does the atomic number tell you about an element?
The number of protons in the nucleus of each atom of the element.
