The number of neutrons is different for each isotope of an element:
Number of neutrons of an isotope = atomic mass of the isotope - atomic number of the element
Calcium has also 20 protons and 20 electrons.
A neutral atom of calcium with a mass number of 41 would have 20 protons since calcium has an atomic number of 20. To find the number of neutrons, you subtract the atomic number from the mass number, so there would be 21 neutrons in this atom.
You can find the number of neutrons in an atom by subtracting the atomic number (number of protons) from the atomic mass number (rounded atomic weight). The atomic mass number represents the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
In order to calculate the number of neutrons, you subtract the atomic number (number of protons) from the atomic mass (rounded to the nearest whole number). Neutrons are important for stabilizing the atomic nucleus alongside protons.
79; the mass number is the sum of the protons and neutrons, and the atomic number is the number of protons. So if you take the mass number (protons + neutrons) minus the atomic number (protons), you get the number of neutrons.
The mass number is the total number of protons plus neutrons in the nucleus. The atomic number is the total number of protons in the nucleus. So subtract the atomic number from the mass number and that will give you the total number of neutrons in the nucleus.
Calcium-40: The atomic number of calcium is 20 and the number of neutrons is always the difference between the atomic mass and the atomic number.
Number of neutrons = mass number - atomic number = 40 - 20 = 20 neutrons
Calcium-45 has 20 protons (since it is calcium) and therefore, it has 25 neutrons, as the atomic number (number of protons) subtracted from the mass number (protons + neutrons) gives the number of neutrons.
The number of neutrons is the difference between the Atomic Mass of an isotope and the atomic number of the element; each isotope of calcium has a different number of neutrons. See the link below for calcium isotopes.
Calcium is a metal element. Atomic mass of it is 40.
A neutral atom of calcium with a mass number of 41 would have 20 protons since calcium has an atomic number of 20. To find the number of neutrons, you subtract the atomic number from the mass number, so there would be 21 neutrons in this atom.
Calcium is a metal element. Atomic mass of it is 40.
The element with atomic number 20 is calcium. The mass number 23 indicates the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of the atom. Since the mass number is 23 and the atomic number is 20, the number of neutrons in this calcium atom would be 3 (23 - 20).
There are 20 neutrons in calcium-41, which is determined by subtracting the atomic number (20, representing number of protons) from the mass number (41, representing total number of protons and neutrons).
An atom of calcium-42 has 20 protons, as calcium has an atomic number of 20. Since the atomic number represents the number of protons in an atom, calcium always has 20 protons. Calcium-42 also has 22 neutrons, calculated by subtracting the atomic number from the atomic mass (42 - 20 = 22). The number of electrons in a neutral atom is equal to the number of protons, so a calcium-42 atom would have 20 electrons.
Neon (Ne) has atomic number 10 with 10 protons in the nucleus (that's why, you know) and, where the atomic mass is round 20 (Standard atomic weight 20.1797), the most abundant isotope (90%) is 20Ne with atomic mass number 20, which means that there are 20 particles (=protons+neutrons) in this nucleus, thus also 10 neutrons.
The number of protons in a calcium atom is always the same as the atomic number of calcium, which is 20. The number of neutrons depends on the isotope. The most common isotope is Ca-40. The number of neutrons is equal to the isotopic mass number minus the atomic number, in this instance, also 20.