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The atomic number, also known as the proton number.

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What identifies the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom?

The atomic number refers to the number of protons in an element.


Which quantity identifies an element?

the atom number identifies the element u puta


Is it the number of protons that identifies the kind of element?

Yes.


What identifies the atom tells the number of protons in the nucleus?

The atomic number


What one number identifies the element?

The atomic number is the one number that identifies an element. It represents the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom, which determines the element's properties and place on the periodic table.


What identifies an atom of an element?

The atomic number, i.e. the number of protons in the nucleus.


The atomic number identifies what?

It represents the number of protons and the number of electrons in an atom of the element.


What is the particle that identifies a atom?

The number of protons in an atom's nucleus determines its chemical identity.


What do different elements have different numbers of?

Different elements have different numbers of protons. The number of protons identifies the element.


The number of protons in its nucleus mean?

The number of protons in the nucleus identifies the element. It is like a fingerprint for that element. No other element will have that same number of protons. As soon as the number of protons in the nucleus changes, so does the identity of the element change.


What identifies the number of an atom?

An atom consists of protons (positive charge), neutrons (no charge), and electrons (negative charge). The atomic number is the number of protons. Furthermore, the mass number is the sum of the protons and neutrons.


What identifies an atoms as being of the same element?

The number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.