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How many neutrons are in sulfur 34?

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Sulfur's atomic number is 16. This means that a sulfur atom has 16 protons and 16 electrons. The '36' in 'Sulfur-36' means that it has a molar mass of 36. This doesn't affect the number of electrons because electrons have barely any mass compared to protons and neutrons, the other subatomic particles. Thus, sulfur-36 has 20 neutrons, 16 protons, 16 electrons.

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16 electrons in the neutral atom.

Sulfur -32 is an isotope containing

32 protons and neutrons

Sulfur has an atomic number of 16, which is the number of protons

therefore sulfur-32 has 16 neutrons

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In common notation an element followed by a dash and number refers to the mass number for the nuclide and would thus unambiguously describe an isotope of the element. For example, Sulfur-29 would refer to an isotope with a mass number of 29 and thus the nucleus in question would have 16 protons (the atomic number of Sulfur) and 13 neutrons (16+13=29). Since Sulfur-13 would be an impossible isotope, the question would not be meaningful; nor would the notation reflect an electron count.

Ordinarly, a neutral atom of Sulfur would have 16 electrons. If it was ionized it would have a number of electrons reflecting that loss or gain and the charge might be shown using one (or more) plus or minus signs after the atomic symbol.

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There are sixteen (16) electrons in a neutral atom of Sulfur.

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None, neurons are nerve cells. No atom contains nerve cells. Biological cells, including nerve cells, are made of atoms.

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Sulfur is a metal element. There are 16 electrons in a single atom.

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A sulfur-34 atom has 18 neutrons and 16 protons.

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As the atomic number of sulfur is 16, it has 16 protons in the nucleus. As the mass number is 34, there are 18 neutrons.

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