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What would you do if you wanted to know the number of neutrons in an atom of a given element?
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Neutrons, like protons are considered to have a mass of about 1. To find the number of neutrons, subtract the atomic number from the Atomic Mass.
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Protons electrons and neutrons in any given atom?
The atomic number of a chemical element is equal to the number of electrons or protons. The number of neutrons = Atomic weight of an isotope (rounded) - atomic number of the element (or the number of protons)
How do you find the number of neutrons in an atom if that number is not told to you?
if you arent given the atomic numbert for an element - where could you find it?
What is the only particle that can change in number for an isotope?
The Neutron- An element with the same number of protons and electrons, but with a different number of neutrons per atom than the original element is called an "isotope". An isotope will have, for all intensive purposes, about the same chemical and physical properties as the original element. Isotopes are written as the element, followed by a dash, then the number of neutrons in one atom of that isotope (Carbon-13 is an isotope of carbon with 13 neutrons per atom)
Isotopes exist because atoms of the same element can have a different numbers of what?
Isotopes are different atoms of the same element with the same number of protons (proton number) but different in number of neutrons. Given that nucleon number is equal to the sum of proton and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom, isotopes have different nucleon number due to difference in number of neutrons.
Is it true that all particles are alike in elements?
No. All atoms of a given element are alike in the number of protons, which is the atomic number of an element. However, the number of neutrons in the nucleus can vary. Atoms of elements with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons are called isotopes. All atoms of a given element in their ground state have the same number of electrons as they do protons, but if they form ions, the number of electrons will increase or decrease, depending on the element, but the number of protons remains the same.
How do the isotopes of given element differ from one another?
isotopes of a given element differ in the number of neutrons they have.
What are atoms of a given element that have a different number of neutrons?
Isotopes.
How do isotopes of a given element differ?
number of neutrons and mass
Do the nuclei of all atoms of a given element always have the same number of neutrons?
No - different isotopes of an element have different numbers of neutrons. All atoms of an element will have the same number of protons.
How do you calculate the atomic number of the given element?
protons plus neutrons = atomic number
What number identify an element?
The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus of that element; it will identify the element. The number of neutrons of a given element may be different as the element may have a number of isotopes.
What name is given to en element with the same number of protons but differing number on neutrons?
IsotopeIsotopes
Protons electrons and neutrons in any given atom?
The atomic number of a chemical element is equal to the number of electrons or protons. The number of neutrons = Atomic weight of an isotope (rounded) - atomic number of the element (or the number of protons)
What is make an atom isotope?
It is the neutron that makes changes in atomic nuclei to change them from one isotope to another. For any given element, that element will have a fixed number of protons. It is, after all, the number of protons that determine the elemental identity. But the number of neutrons in a given element can vary, and we use the term isotope to talk about which particular atom we're investigating. That is, we apply the term isotope to speak to an atom of a given element with a certain number of neutrons in its nucleus.
Which of the following is unique for any given element A the number of protons B the number of neutrons C the charge on the electrons D the mass of the neutron?
its atomic numberthe number of neutrons
What determines the mass of an isotope?
The number of neutrons in the nucleus, the number of protons is the same for each isotope of a given element.
How do you find the number of neutrons in an atom if that number is not told to you?
if you arent given the atomic numbert for an element - where could you find it?
