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How many neutrons are in a neutral atom of calcium with a mass number of 41?
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∙ 13y ago
41 amu 41 amu
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∙ 13y ago4120Ca has 21 neutrons.
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What are the subatomic particles of calcium?
Calcium has 20 electrons and protons; the number of neutrons is specific for each isotope. Number of neutrons in a calcium atom = Mass number - 20
What is the number of electrons and neutrons in fluorine?
In a neutral atom of fluorine, there are 9 electrons. The number of neutrons varies with an isotope's mass number.
The mass number of an atom of calcium with 20 protons and 20 neutrons is?
40, the sum of the protons and neutrons.
If a neutral atom has a mass of 15 amu and an atomic number of 7 whats the number of protons neutrons and electrons in the atom?
The protons is 7, the neutrons is 8, and the electrons is 22.
Must the number of electrons in an atom equal the number of neutrons?
Neutral atoms do, but ions (atoms with charges) by definition do not.
Number of neutrons in calcium?
There are 20 neutrons in an atom of Calcium.
What element's neutral atoms have 20 protons?
it is about the atomic number. Calcium is the element.
How many protons and electrons does a calcium atom have?
Calcium has 20 protons, 20 electrons and 20 neutrons in its most commonly found isotope.
Is an atom that has the same number of protons as neutrons a neutral atom?
False. The atom that has the same number of protons as it has electrons is a neutral atom.
How manyneutrons in calcium?
A normal calcium atom should have 20 neutrons, but if it is an isotope the number of neutrons will change.
In an atom the number of proton equals the number of neutrons?
In a neutral atom, the number of protons equals the number of electrons; it may or may not also equal the number of neutrons.
Is an atom neutral if it has a greater number of electrons than protons?
False. An atom is neutral if it has an equal number of protons and neutrons
Will an atom with 27 protons 32 neutrons and 27 electrons be electrically neutral?
Neutrons have no charge. When the number of protons of an atom is equal to the number of electrons in it, the atom is neutral, in other words, it has no charge.
What are the subatomic particles of calcium?
Calcium has 20 electrons and protons; the number of neutrons is specific for each isotope. Number of neutrons in a calcium atom = Mass number - 20
What is true about the number of protons and neutrons in a neutral atom?
The numbers of each are equal! Therefore the atom is neutral.
What number is used to determine how many electrons are in a neutral atom?
The atomic number (the number of protons in the atom). Neutral charge = 0 = (number of protons - number of neutrons). Therefore, number of protons = number of neutrons
What is number of electrons for calcium?
A neutral atom of calcium has 20 electrons
