Unless N is a isotope it will have the same amount of neutrons as protons
the mass number is number of protons in an atom, plus the number of neutrons.
If you add the number of protons to the number of neutrons in an atom, you have calculated that atom's atomic mass.
The mass number of an atom is defined as the total number of protons and neutron (collectively called "nucleons") in the atomic nucleus. For example, a helium atom with 2 protons and 2 neutrons would have a mass number of 4.
It has 8 protons. The atomic number of an atom = the number of protons. The mass number is not needed in this problem. The mass number is the number of protons + number of neutrons.
40, the sum of the protons and neutrons.
The number of protons
Mass number!:)
The total amount of protons and neutrons in an atom is its mass number.
The major contribution to the mass of an atom is from protons and neutrons; electrons have a known but negligible mass.
Atomic mass is determined by the number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus.
Atomic mass is the number of protons and neutrons in an atom.
Mass number = Protons+Neutrons
The mass number is the sum of protons + neutrons.
To the find the mass number of an atom you add the protons and neutrons. Meaning that the mass number of this atom is 12.
20. the mass of an atom is determined by the sum of the number of neutrons and protons the atom has.
No, neutrons + protons = mass
The nucleus of an atom consists of protons and neutrons. The number of protons in a particular nucleus is its "atomic number". The total number of protons and neutrons in a particular nucleus is its "mass number".