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Why can you subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass and get the number of neutrons?
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∙ 8y ago
Not the Atomic Mass but the mass number (of course, these values are similar - not identical).
The mass number is the sum between the number of protons and the number of neutrons. As a consequence:
Number of neutrons for an isotope = Mass number - Number of protons
The number of protons is equal to the atomic number.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoBecause the atomic mass is the number of protons plus the number of neutrons and the atomic number is the number of protons. Subtract the protons, that leaves the neutrons.
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To find the number of neutrons in an atom you would subtract what?
You would subtract the atomic number from the mass number.
What do you get when you subtract mass number from atomic number?
mass #-atomic#=# of neutrons
How can you solve of number of neutrons?
Subtract the atomic number from the mass number
When you subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass it will give you the number of what?
the protrons, neutrons and electrons in a atom
What Used to find the number of neutrons?
To find the number of neutrons in an atom you subtract the atomic mass fromthe mass number
To find the number of neutrons in an atom you would subtract what?
You would subtract the atomic number from the mass number.
How do you know the number of neutrons an atom has?
You subtract the atomic number from the mass number.
What do you get when you subtract mass number from atomic number?
mass #-atomic#=# of neutrons
What do you get when you subtract atomic number from atomic mass?
mass #-atomic#=# of neutrons
What do you have when you subtract the atomic no from atomic mass?
Atomic number is number of protons in an atom while atomic mass is the sum of protons and neutrons in an atom when you subtract you will get the number of neutrons in an atom.
In order to calculate the number of neutrons you must subtract the from the?
Number of neutrons = Mass number - atomic number
Atomic number of 2 and atomic mass of 4 how many neutrons?
To find the number of neutrons simply subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass. In this case there are two neutrons.
The mass number minus the atomic number?
If you subtract the mass number by the atomic number you get the number of neutrons.
How do you calculate how many neutrons there are in an atom?
The number of neutrons in an atom is easily calculated by taking the mass number and subtracting the atomic number. Take for example, Uranium: the mass number on the periodic table is 238, while the atomic number is 92. Take the difference of 238 and 92 and that will be equal to the number of neutrons. 238-92=146
What do you get if you subtract the atomic number from the mass number for a particular atom?
mass no - atomic no = number of neutrons in an atom.
How can you solve of number of neutrons?
Subtract the atomic number from the mass number
How do you calculate the number of neutrons an element has in its nucleus?
You need to find the atomic number, and the atomic mass. The atomic number i the number of PROTONS in the nucleus, the atomic mass, or mass number, is the number of PROTONS and NEUTRONS in the nucleus. To find the number of neutrons you subtract the atomic number from the mass number.
