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When calculating an atomic approximate mass how is the mass of electron figured?
The mass of electrons is ignored in calculating an approximate atomic mass, because an electron's mass is only about 1/1836.1 of the mass of a proton or neutron.
How do scientists determine the atomic mass of an atom?
By the number of protons and neurons in a element. each has a relative atomic mass of 1. an electron weighs around a 2000th of this, so is ignored for Ar calculations
Why an electron is ignored from the calculations of the weight of an atom?
The mass of a proton is about 1.67 * 10−27 kg or 1.007 atomic mass units. Neutrons are very close to this, at 1.675 *10-27 kg, or 1.009 atomic mass units. Electrons have a mass less than approximately 1/1836 of this so can effectively be ignored.
How do you write a mathematical formula for figuring out the number of neutrons in an atom if you know the atomic number and the atomic mass?
It's quite simple. It's just the atomic mass minus the atomic number. That's because the atomic number is simply the number of protons and the atomic mass is (almost exactly) the number of protons plus neutrons. Unfortunately there is a complication. The problem is that a particular element can have more than one isotope. Each isotope has the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons. This can make the atomic mass a messy number that's not a nice whole number.
What 2 parts of an atom give it is mass?
The atomic mass of an element depends on the weight of the protons, neutrons, and electrons (almost negligible) in one mole (6.022 x 10^23 atoms) of the element.
What is the atomic particle whose mass can be ignored?
Electron
When figuring atom mass what is ignored?
Electrons. They simply don't weigh enough to make a difference.
When calculating an atomic approximate mass how is the mass of electron figured?
The mass of electrons is ignored in calculating an approximate atomic mass, because an electron's mass is only about 1/1836.1 of the mass of a proton or neutron.
How do scientists determine the atomic mass of an atom?
By the number of protons and neurons in a element. each has a relative atomic mass of 1. an electron weighs around a 2000th of this, so is ignored for Ar calculations
Why an electron is ignored from the calculations of the weight of an atom?
The mass of a proton is about 1.67 * 10−27 kg or 1.007 atomic mass units. Neutrons are very close to this, at 1.675 *10-27 kg, or 1.009 atomic mass units. Electrons have a mass less than approximately 1/1836 of this so can effectively be ignored.
How do you write a mathematical formula for figuring out the number of neutrons in an atom if you know the atomic number and the atomic mass?
It's quite simple. It's just the atomic mass minus the atomic number. That's because the atomic number is simply the number of protons and the atomic mass is (almost exactly) the number of protons plus neutrons. Unfortunately there is a complication. The problem is that a particular element can have more than one isotope. Each isotope has the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons. This can make the atomic mass a messy number that's not a nice whole number.
What 2 parts of an atom give it is mass?
The atomic mass of an element depends on the weight of the protons, neutrons, and electrons (almost negligible) in one mole (6.022 x 10^23 atoms) of the element.
How do you find out how many neutrons are in iodine?
To find out how many neutrons are in any element, you must take the atomic mass of the element and subtract the atomic number/ the number of protons. # of neutrons = atomic mass - # of protons This is because the atomic mass of an element is the number of protons added to the number of neutrons. The atomic mass is measured in atomic mass units, where one proton has a mass of 1 amu and one neutron has a mass of 1 amu. Elements also have electrons, however their mass is negligible, which means that it can be ignored because it is minor. In the case of iodine, it's atomic mass is approximately 127 (126.9). It's atomic number, which is also the number of protons and the number of electrons, is 53. Thus, the number of neutrons is: 127 - 53 = 74
How many protons would be in a atom with a atomic number of 19 and a mass of 40?
Mass is irrelevant when determining the number of PROTONS. The atomic number is the number of PROTONS so the answer is 19. Mass is approximately number of PROTONS plus the number of NEUTRONS. ELECTRONS mass is so small compared to protons and neutrons that they are usually ignored.
What is bigger the atomic mass or atomic number?
Atomic no.=no. of protons Atomic mass=no. of protons+no. of neutrons Hence, atomic mass is greater
What is the atomic mass-?
The atomic mass is the mass of a molecule, atomic particle or sub-atomic particle.
How do you figure out how many neutrons are in a a atom?
Each nucleon (proton or neutron) contributes about 1 atomic mass unit to the mass of the atom. The mass contribution of the electrons can be ignored, since it takes about 1800 of them to equal the mass of a nucleon and the heaviest elements known have around 1/15th that number of electrons. So if you subtract the atomic number (number of protons) from the atomic mass rounded to the nearest whole number (number of nucleons), what's left is the number of neutrons.
