An element is defined as atoms with the same number of protons (and thus electrons). Beryllium has 4 protons and 4 electrons. The number of neutrons is determined by subtracting the atomic number from the Atomic Mass. At least three isotopes of Beryllium have been identified but there is only one stable naturally occurring isotope - Beryllium 9. If there are 4 protons, there must be 9 - 4 = 5 netrons in this isotope. The other stable isotope is beryllium 10 with a half life of 2,700,000 years and this must have 6 neutrons. This does not occur naturally but is made in atomic reactors. The other identified isotope is Beryllium - 8 which is made in the same way but immediately splits into two helium nuclei. So for most naturally occurring Beryllium, there are 5 Neutrons.
There are 5 neutrons, 4 protons and 6 electrons.
Beryllium has an atomic number of 4 and an atomic mass of 9.01, therefore Be has 5 neutrons.
Beryllium 9 has 5 neutrons.
Beryllium has 5 neutrons.
5 neutrons
Electronic configuration of beryllium: 1s2.2s2.
One beryllium atom has four (4) electrons, four (4) protons, and three (3), five (5) or six (6) neutrons, depending on the isotope being considered. The only stable isotope is Beryllium-9 (with 5 neutrons) but beryllium-10 (with 6 neutrons) has a relatively long half-life of 1.51 million years.
All beryllium atoms have 4 protons and 4 electrons. The number of neutrons is characteristic of a particular isotope, not of beryllium as a whole, and may be determined by subtracting 4, the number of protons, from the mass number of the isotope.
The atomic number (the number of protons in the atom). Neutral charge = 0 = (number of protons - number of neutrons). Therefore, number of protons = number of neutrons
7 protons, 7 electrons and 8 neutrons
The most important isotope of beryllium - 9Be - has 5 neutrons. The neutral atom of beryllium has 4 electrons.
Beryllium (watch the spelling) is element number 4. That means that a beryllium atom has 4 protons; if the atom is neutral it has 4 electrons (however, it might not be neutral, in this case it can have more or less), and the number of neutrons varies, depending on the isotope - between 1 and 13 neutrons in the case of beryllium.
Electronic configuration of beryllium: 1s2.2s2.
A neutral atom of beryllium has 4 electrons. In a neutral atom, the numbers of electrons and protons are equal. An element's atomic number is the number of protons.
4 protons 4 electrons 5 neutrons
A neutral atom of Beryllium has 4 electrons. (Its atomic number is 4)
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The atomic number of an atom tells you how many protons that atom has. Beryllium's atomic number is 4. That means that, regardless of how many neutrons a given isotope of beryllium may have, it will always have 4 protons.
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One beryllium atom has four (4) electrons, four (4) protons, and three (3), five (5) or six (6) neutrons, depending on the isotope being considered. The only stable isotope is Beryllium-9 (with 5 neutrons) but beryllium-10 (with 6 neutrons) has a relatively long half-life of 1.51 million years.
subtract the atomic number by the Atomic Mass, and that is the answer. if its a neutral atom, there are probably the same number neutrons as protons.
The beryllium atom has 4 electrons. As with all other elements, Beryllium atoms are most stable when they have a full outer shell of electrons. Since the neutral electron configuration of the beryllium element atom is 1s2 2s2 (total of 4 electrons) the atom either needs to pick up another six electrons, thereby becoming 1s2 2s2 2p6, or lose two electrons to become 1s2.