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The number of protons is the same as the atomic number. This is usually the same as the number of electrons as well, but an atom can gain or lose electrons.

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The number of protons equals the atomic number?

Yes.


Who made atomic numbers?

M.GMosly found the atomic number. Atomic number is equals to protons.


Atomic number equals the number of?

The atomic number is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus and in a neutral atom will also equal the number of electrons.


The atomic number of an element equals the number of what atomic particles?

Atomic number = number of protons = number of electrons (in the neutral state)


Which number is equal to the number of protons in the atoms?

The number of protons is identical to the number of electrons when an atom is in a neutral state.


Atomic number is equal to?

no of the protons or the no of electron is equal to the atomic no denoted by the symbol Z


What describes an atomic number?

Atomic number describes about number of protons.It is equals to number of protons.


Atomic mass equals the number of what?

The atomic mass NUMBER equals the number of protons and neutrons in an atom. DO NOT confuse this with the mass of an atom.


The atomic number equals the?

It is found by m.g mosly. It is equals or protons that atom has.


If the atomic number of carbon is 6therefore the number of protons in a carbon atom equals what?

If the atomic number is 6 then the number of protons is also 6. The atomic number is defined as the number of protons. In non-ionic form it is also the number of electrons.


Atomic number describes what?

Atomic number describes about number of protons.It is equals to number of protons.


What does the atomic number determmine?

Atomic number is the number of protons in the nuclei of the atoms of an element. It is the number of protons that determines the atomic number. In a neutral atom, the number of electrons equals the number of protons. So in a way you could say that atomic number determines the number of electrons in a neutral atom.