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What is the number of protons in the nucleus of a uranium atom?
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92 protons in uranium nucleus
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How do you account for the number of protons?
The atomic number of an element accounts for the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom of that element. For example: * Hydrogen atomic number is one. The nucleus of its atom has one proton. * Oxygen atomic number is 8. The nucleus of its atom has 8 protons. * Iron atomic number is 26. The nucleus of its atom has 26 protons. * Lead atomic number is 82. The nucleus of its atom has 82 protons. * Uranium atomic number is 92. The nucleus of its atom has 92 protons.
The number of protons in an atom's nucleus is the?
The number of protons in an atom's nucleus is the Atomic number.
What is the number of subatomic particles that make up the nucleus of a Uranium 235 atom?
The subatomic particles located in an atom's nucleus are protons and neutrons. Uranium has an atomic number of 92, thus has 92 protons. That means 235U must have 235 - 92 = 143 neutrons.
How many protons are in the nucleus of an atom of Uranium - 238?
Uranium atoms (no matter which isotope) ALL have the same number of protons 92. it is in the umber of neutrons that changes between the isotopes.
What is the particle that identifies a atom?
The number of protons in an atom's nucleus determines its chemical identity.
How many protons in an uncharged atom?
equals the total number of electrons in the orbital shells.
How many particles are found in the nucleus of a uranium atom?
how many particles are found in the nucleus of a uranium atom? 92 protons and x neutrons; the number of the neutrons is dependent of the isotope atomic mass. Also 92 electrons.
What part of an atom determines what element type of stuff like helium iron uranium etc it is?
The number of protons (in nucleus) or the number of electrons in a neutral atom.
How does the atomic number describe the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom?
The atomic number is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
How many electrons in 234U?
92. All isotopes of Uranium have 92 protons. The number of protons in each element is represented by the atomic number of that element. Uranium is atomic # 92, so it will always have 92 protons. The difference in atomic mass (that's the 234 here) is due to difference in number of neutrons. Atomic mass is calculated (#of protons + # of neutrons), so Uranium-234 has 92 protons and 142 neutrons. Uranium-235 would have 92 protons and 143 neutrons and so forth. The number of protons contained in the nucleus of ANY atom will remain constant in ALL isotopes of the same element. Ex. Carbon-12 has 6 protons and 6 neutrons, Carbon-13 has 6 protons and 7 neutrons, etc. Carbon has an atomic number of 6. If the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom were different, it would no longer be the same element. Ex. Carbon - atomic #6 - has 6 protons with one more proton in the nucleus, it would have 7, and have atomic # 7.... then it would just be...... Nitrogen! Nitrogen - atomic #7 - has 7 protons
The number of neutrons plus protons in the nucleus of an atom-?
nass number is the number of neutrons plus protons in the nucleus of an atom
How many neutrons are in the isotope uranium-238?
Uranium, atomic number 92, has several isotopes, and 238U is just one of them. Remember that a nucleon is one of the particles that make up the nucleus of an atom, and that means a proton or a neutron. In the case of this isotope of uranium, it has the 92 protons we'd expect for uranium, and it has 146 neutrons in its nucleus along with those protons. That's 238 necleons in the nucleus if 238U. Wikipedia has more information on uranium and on the nucleon, and links are provided.
