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.
Helium has 1 more proton than hydrogen.Its atomic number is 2.
The variable is protons. Each element in the periodic table of elements has one more proton in its nucleus than the element before it (starting with hydrogen, which has one proton).
The short answer is nuclear fusion. The longer answer is: The large amounts of hydrogen, under immense pressure and temperature at the sun's core, are fused together to form Helium. Hydrogen has 1 proton, so a 1 proton element (hydrogen) + another 1 proton element (hydrogen) = a 2 proton element (Helium). Sometimes a 1 proton element (hydrogen) is fused with a 2 proton element (helium) to form a 3 proton element (lithium). Larger stars with greater mass than our sun, can continue this process, making most of the elements, up to iron. Typically, a super nova is required to create elements with more protons than iron. The heat from this continuous process, in the forms of many types of electromagnetic radiation, typically results in warmth.
The short answer is nuclear fusion. The longer answer is: The large amounts of hydrogen, under immense pressure and temperature at the sun's core, are fused together to form Helium. Hydrogen has 1 proton, so a 1 proton element (hydrogen) + another 1 proton element (hydrogen) = a 2 proton element (Helium). Sometimes a 1 proton element (hydrogen) is fused with a 2 proton element (helium) to form a 3 proton element (lithium). Larger stars with greater mass than our sun, can continue this process, making most of the elements, up to iron. Typically, a super nova is required to create elements with more protons than iron. The heat from this continuous process, in the forms of many types of electromagnetic radiation, typically results in warmth.
hydrogenEdit.Whoever wrote the answer above clearly is an idiot. At the moment there is no element with 0 neutrons. However, there are theories to an element known as element X. This element is obviously complete theory.By the way hydrogen has 1 neuron not 0.
Platinum
Helium
Hydrogen.
Hydrogen. It has one proton and one neutron--you can't make an atom lighter than that.
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Helium has one more proton than hydrogen
The most common form of Hydrogen, forming more than 99.9% of all hydrogen atoms in the universe, (sometimes known as Hydrogen-1) has one proton in the nucleus and one electron ( with no neutrons ). There are, however, other forms (isotopes) of hydrogen that can be stable, such as Hydrogen-2 ( also known as deuterium ), which has one neutron and one proton in the nucleus as well as one electron.
I believe your question is incomplete. What is an inert gas and has one more proton... one more proton than what, exactly? Than hydrogen? If so, the answer would be helium.