Subtract the number of protons (atomic number) from the mass number 16. The atomic number of nitrogen is 7, therefore its atoms have 7 protons. The number of neutrons in the atoms of the isotope nitrogen-16 is 16 -7 = 9 neutrons.
The most common isotope of calcium (40Ca) has 20 neutrons. You can find this out by subtracting the number of protons (atomic number, 20), from the total AMU's of 40. About 96% of calcium on Earth is calcium-40. Calcium also has eight other isotopes, 41Ca through 48Ca, five of which are radioactive. The second-most prevalent stable isotope is 44Ca which is about 2% of all calcium.
In order to find the number of neutrons in the atoms of an element, you must specify the isotope that you are interested in. Isotopes are specified according to their mass number. For example carbon-12 is the isotope of carbon that has a mass number of 12, and carbon-14 is the isotope of carbon that has a mass number of 14. All atoms of the same element, regardless of mass number, have the same number of protons, which is the element's atomic number. To determine the number of neutrons in an isotope, you subtract the atomic number from the mass number. For example, the atomic number of carbon is 6, which means that all carbon atoms contain 6 protons in their nuclei. So, to find the number of neutrons in a carbon-12 atom, subtract 6 from 12, and you get 6 neutrons in the atoms of carbon-12. To find the number of neutrons in a carbon-14 atom, subtract 6 from 14, and you get 8 neutrons in the atoms of carbon-14.
The atomic number of an isotope is the number of protons it contains, whereas the mass number is the total mass of the nucleus, which is the combined number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. To find the number of neutrons, you must therefore subtract the atomic number of the isotope from the mass number of the isotope.In the above example, the atomic number is 8 and the mass number is 18. This isotope is known as O18. The number of neutrons in the isotope is: Mass number - Atomic number = Number of neutrons18 - 8 = 10
You would need to know how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus of a particular isotope of nitrogen. The number of protons, which is its atomic number, will always be the same, no matter which isotope is given, but the number of neutrons differs with different isotopes. For example, one isotope of nitrogen has 7 neutrons. To determine its mass number, find nitrogen on the periodic table, and you will see that its atomic number is 7. So this isotope of nitrogen has 7 protons. Now, add the 7 neutrons to the 7 protons, and you get a mass number of 14 for this isotope of nitrogen, which is called nitrogen-14. (Isotopes are named by their mass numbers.) Another isotope of nitrogen has 8 neutrons. Add the 8 neutrons to the 7 protons (atomic number), and you get a mass number of 15 for this isotope of nitrogen, called nitrogen-15.
As silver atoms have 47 protons, the given isotope has 61 neutrons.
The mass number of an isotope is the number of neutrons and protons in the isotope, let this be p +n = (mass number). To find the number of neutrons you need the atomic number (number of protons), let this be p. You then subtract the two: mass number - atomic number = no. of neutrons p + n - p = no. of neutrons = n
Number of neutrons = Atomic mass of an isotope - Number of protons (Atomic number)
It depends on what isotope you're talking about. To find the number of neutrons in a particular isotope, take the atomic mass and subtract the atomic number. For example, Na has a mass of roughly 23amu and 11 protons, so an Na-23 atom would have 12 neutrons.
Number of neutrons in an atomic nucleus = Atomic mass of an isotope - Number of protons in the nucleus For uranium the number of protons is 92; each isotope has of course a different mass.
Subtract the atomic number from the mass number. Example Carbon-12 an isotope with a mas number of 12. Carbon has an atomic number of 6 therefore carbon-12 has 6 neutrons.
the protons will be the atomic number, in this case 26. The neutrons depends on which isotope. The most common isotope is iron-56, so that will have 30 neutrons. If the element is written in symbolic notation, the number on the top, minus the number on the bottom is the number of neutrons.
Sodium atoms always have 11 protons. Since the mass number is the sum of protons and neutrons, one can find the number of neutrons by subtracting the number of protons from this number. Thus, sodium 25 has 14 neutrons.
The number of neutrons is never directly displayed.For a given isotope of an element, the "top number" (e.g. 14C or carbon-14) is the atomic mass number, the total of neutrons and protons. To find the number of neutrons, subtract the atomic number from the isotopes atomic mass number. Here, 14C will have 8 neutrons.
Neutron is the difference btw the atomic no and the mass no of an element.
80Br is a bromine isotope with an atomic number of 35. To find the number of neutrons, subtract the atomic number from the mass number: 80 - 35 = 45 neutrons in 80Br.
Platinum has an atomic number of 78, which means it has 78 protons. The most common isotope of platinum, Platinum-195, has 117 neutrons. To find the number of neutrons in an isotope, you subtract the atomic number from the mass number; thus, Platinum-195 has 195 - 78 = 117 neutrons.
The atomic number for chromium is 24. To find the mass number, you sum the number of protons (atomic number) and neutrons. Since this isotope of chromium has 28 neutrons, the mass number would be 24 (protons) + 28 (neutrons) = 52.