On the contrary, deuterium is stable.
Helium-6 has two protons and electrons and four neutrons.
An atom's atomic weight is the total of all protons and neutrons in its nucleus. Helium almost always contains two protons and two neutrons. Therefore, its atomic weight is 2 + 2 = 4.
Number of neutrons = Mass number - Number of protons = 4 - 2 = 2 neutrons
Helium has 2 protons and 2 electrons. He-3 and He-4 isotopes have 1 and 2 neutrons.
4He or He4. 4 stands for the mass number of Helium Mass number = number of protons + number of neutrons Since the atomic number or number of protons in helium is 2, the number of neutrons in He-4 is also 2.
Helium is number 2 on the Periodic Table, and the number of its mass is 4. So, therefore it has 2 protons, 2 neutrons, and 2 electrons !
The number of protons in an element is always the same as the atomic number, which is 2 in the case of helium. (The atomic number is assigned based on the number of protons in an element.) In a neutral atom (one with no charge), the number of electrons equals the number of protons, so it will be 2 electrons also. However, the number of neutrons will vary depending on the isotope (atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons). There are two stable isotopes of Helium, 3He and 4He, having 1 neutron and 2 neutrons respectively. Most helium is helium-4, and helium-3 is found as only about one atom in a million.See link below for more information on Helium, as well as the related question below that will show you how to find the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in any atom.
protrons=2 electrons=2 neutrons=2
H2O has 10 protons. Hydrogen has 1 proton, so 2 hydrogen have 2 protons. Oxygen has 8 protons.
1 Proton and 1 electron but no neutrons.
4 is the mass number of helium (mass number = number of protons + number of neutrons)
There are three parts to an atom. The nucleus consists of a proton or a combination protons and neutrons. The number of protons is the atomic number, and determines the element. For example, hydrogen has one proton. Helium has two protons and two neutrons. Varying numbers of neutrons represent different isotopes of that element. Deuterium is hydrogen with an additional neutron. The number of protons is generally matched by the number of electrons. If there is an imbalance, an ion (charged element or molecule) is the result. Electrons have a tiny fraction of the mass of either protons or neutrons.