Magnesium (Mg)
Bottom number is the proton number.
Top number is mass number = Protons + Neutrons
Therefore no. of neutrons = Top - Bottom number
In atom proton number = electron number.
However if it was an ion of Mg e.g. Mg+ then its electron number would be 13 and its proton number would be 12.
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P.S I gave you the extra info as you will now be able to work out WHY!
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berylium has 4 protons. It has 4 electrons too.
You should understand that while neutral atoms have the same number of protons and electrons, they do not usually have the same number of protons and valance electrons, because except for hydrogen and helium, atoms also have electrons in the inner shells, which are not valance electrons. Therefore, there is no atom which has 7 protons and 7 valance electrons, although there is an element that has 7 protons, and there are several elements that have 7 valence electrons.
Number protons equal to atomic number. So the element is Helium
An atom of an element is comprised of protons, electrons, and usually neutrons. The specific element is determined by the number of protons, and so there is only one particle that determines the element.
Element is made by atom. atoms included many protons,neutrons and electrons.
The number of electrons in a neutral atom is equal to the number of protons, so in this case, the element must have 12 electrons.
A neutral atom of an element will have the same number of electrons as protons (atomic number). For example, the element magnesium has the atomic number 12, which means that a neutral magnesium atom will have 12 protons and 12 electrons.
none because the number of protons and electrons have to be the same.
This is copper with 12 protons and 7 electrons
12 electrons. Remember, electrons and protons must be balanced in charge; neutron number may vary.
Magnesium, Mg, atom number 12, 12 protons and 12 electrons.
Magnesium
Carbon-12 has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons. The number of protons determines the element (carbon), the number of neutrons plus protons gives the mass number (12), and in a neutral atom, the number of electrons equals the number of protons.
Magnesium has an atomic number of 12, so there are 12 protons in any atom of this element. The number of protons do not change if it is an isotope of an element.
Magnesium has an atomic number of 12, therefore it has 12 protons, and therefore 12 electrons.
No, an atom with 12 protons, 12 electrons, and 12 neutrons is not an ion. It is a neutral atom of magnesium, as the number of protons (which determines the element) equals the number of electrons. Ions are charged atoms or molecules that have gained or lost electrons.
Element X with 72 protons will have 72 electrons in a neutral state. The number of protons in an element is equal to the number of electrons in that element's neutral atom.