The atomic number is equal to the number of protons. So the atomic number is 16.
16 The atomic number of an element is always the same as the number of protons in an atom of the element.
The number of protons in an atom of an element is equal to the number of electrons in that atom which is equal to that element's atomic number.
It is only the protons that matter in classifying the element. Sulfur has 16 protons (An atomic number of 16).
atomic number(Z) = no. of protons Detailed: The number of protons in a neutral atom is equal to the number of electrons in the same atom. And the number of electrons in an atom is equal to its atomic number.
Because that is the number of neutrons one atom of sulfur contains.
16 The atomic number of an element is always the same as the number of protons in an atom of the element.
The number of protons in an atom of an element is equal to the number of electrons in that atom which is equal to that element's atomic number.
An element's atomic number gives it number of protons. Sulfur's atomic number is 16. Thus, it has 16 protons.
The atomic number of sulfur is 16 The number of protons is the same as the atomic number. The S-2 gains 2 electrons so it changes from 16 to 18. The atomic mass is 32. The atomic mass number minus the number of protons will give you 16 which is the number of neutrons. :)
Sulfur, which atomic number (in the PS) is 16, by definition equal to the number of protons in the nucleus
The number of protons in an element is equal to the atomic number. (dont mix this up with atomic mass. It is simply the large number that appears usually in the top left hand corner on the periodic table. For example, Lithium has 3 protons. Sulfur has 16 protons and so forth)
It is only the protons that matter in classifying the element. Sulfur has 16 protons (An atomic number of 16).
The atom composed of 16 protons, 16 electrons, and 16 neutrons is sulfur. Sulfur has an atomic number of 16, which determines the number of protons and electrons, and the sum of protons and neutrons gives the atomic mass number.
12. the atomic number of an element is the number of protons in it's nucleus. The mass number is the number of protons+neutrons. Therefore the element has (32-20)12 protons.
If you had looked in the periodic table, you would have seen that the element Oxygen has an atomic mass of 16 (or more precisely 15.9994) and if you were to take that atomic mass and subtract the atomic number from it (i.e. 8) you would get a difference of 8 which is the number of neutrons it contains. In short, oxygen is that element.
Atomic number is equal to the number of protons of an element. Atomic number of sulphur is 16 while the atomic number of Iodine is 53. So iodine has more protons.
No. Oxygen has 8 protons. The element with 16 protons is sulfur. Oxygen-16 is the most common isotope of oxygen. The 16 refers to its atomic weight, which is the result of there being 8 protons and 8 neutrons.