Potassium (K) typically has 19 neutrons in its nucleus. Potassium-40 is a radioactive isotope with 21 neutrons in its nucleus.
The atomic number of potassium is 19. So there are 19 protons, 19 electrons. In K-40 isotope, there are 21 neutrons.
I'm assuming you are referring to Potassium (K)-40. All Potassium has 19 protons, though there are many stable isotopes. Potassium-40 has 21 neutrons.
They have different numbers of neutrons. All potassium atoms contain 19 protons. Potassium-39 has 20 neutrons while potassium-40 has 21. The extra neutron adds about 1 AMU to the mass of the atom.
Potassium has 20 neutrons in its most abundant isotope, potassium-39.
K always has 19 protons, because that is what defines it as an element.40, the atomic mass is the sum of protons and neutrons. So if you subtract the number of protons from the atomic mass, you get the number of neutrons.40-19=21 neutrons
Potassium-40 (K-40) has 19 protons and 21 neutrons.
The atomic number of potassium is 19. So there are 19 protons, 19 electrons. In K-40 isotope, there are 21 neutrons.
I'm assuming you are referring to Potassium (K)-40. All Potassium has 19 protons, though there are many stable isotopes. Potassium-40 has 21 neutrons.
They have different numbers of neutrons. All potassium atoms contain 19 protons. Potassium-39 has 20 neutrons while potassium-40 has 21. The extra neutron adds about 1 AMU to the mass of the atom.
Potassium has 20 neutrons in its most abundant isotope, potassium-39.
Potassium-41 has 19 electrons and protons and 22 neutrons.
K always has 19 protons, because that is what defines it as an element.40, the atomic mass is the sum of protons and neutrons. So if you subtract the number of protons from the atomic mass, you get the number of neutrons.40-19=21 neutrons
Potassium (K) has 20 neutrons in its most stable isotope (K-39), while cobalt (Co) has 27 neutrons in its most stable isotope (Co-59). Therefore, cobalt has more neutrons than potassium.
I know that there are Electrons: 1 Protons: 19 But I am still reaserching the nuetrons I got this info off Answers.com ironicly so if I am wrong than I have no clue!
ONLY the K+ ion (not element) has 19 protons and 18 electrons.The isotopic ion with 21 neutrons must be K+-40 , the most rare potassium-ion (0.01%) out of three possibles, the other isotopes are: K+-39 (93%) and 7% is K+-41Explanation:39, 40 and 41 are the mass numbers of the 3 naturally occurring potassium isotopes.Keep in mind that:1. an element is always neutrally charged, so the number of protons (positives, + ) equals the number of electrons (negatives, - )2. the number of neutrons depends on the 'mass number' of the one particular isotope of that element and that the number of protons + neutrons is the mass number
Potassium (K) Has the same number of electrons as protons therefore it has 19 electrons. To find the number of neutrons you take the mass of the element minus the number of protons so 39-19=20. so there are 20 neutrons in potassium.
A potassium-37 (K-37) atom typically has 20 neutrons in its nucleus. This is because the number of neutrons is calculated by subtracting the atomic number (which is 19 for potassium) from the mass number (which is 37 for K-37).