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The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons in its nucleus.
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Is it true that the element's mass number determines how the compound will form?
No. The element's atomic number determines how it forms compounds.
What determines the element that an atom belongs to?
Its atomic number. In other words the number of positive protons in the nucleus of each atom and the number of negative electrons surrounding the nucleus of each atom.
From it's atomic number of 15 it is possible to predict that the phosphorus atom has?
15 protons. Atomic number determines the number of protons which the element has
Is the atomic number of an atom equal to the number of protons or neutrons or electrons in the nucleus?
No, atomic number equals the number of protons.The number of neutrons is NOT specific to an element, and various atoms of the same element can have different numbers of neutrons - these are called isotopes.
The atomic number is determined by?
The atomic mass is the can be determined by the number of protons in an atom. Remember that a proton has an atomic mas number of 1 AMU (atomic mass unit). (The total mass of an atom is the protons, neutrons and electrons combined.)
The atomic number determines the what?
The number of protons.
What is the number of protons in one atom of an element determines the atom?
The number of protons determines the element's atomic number. When combined with the number of neutrons, it determines the element's atomic mass.
Is the atomic number of an element determined by its number?
Protons. This determines what material the element is.
Is it true that the element's mass number determines how the compound will form?
No. The element's atomic number determines how it forms compounds.
What part of an element determines it's atomic number?
The number of protons in the nucleus of the atom.
What is it that determines the atomic number of the element?
The number of protons in each nucleus of an atom of the element.
Does an element have the same number of protons and atomic number?
Yes. The number of protons is what determines atomic number.
What the atomic number determines?
The atomic number is equal to the number of protons in a chemical element.
Which of the following determines the identity of an element atomic number mass number atomic mass or overall change?
atomic number
What atomic particle determines the isotope of an element?
The number of neutrons.
Which particle determines the atomic number of an element?
The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons.
What can the atomic number and what things can it identify?
The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an element. It is what determines what kind of an element it is. When you change the number of protons in the nucleus, you change the type of element.
