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The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of?
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The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons within it's nucleus.
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What determines the atomic number of a substance?
The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, while the atomic mass is the total mass of the nucleus (both protons and neutrons)
What is the atomic number determined by?
The number of protons the specific element has. Example, Hydrogen has 1, Helium has 2, Lithium has 3...etc etc etc Not to be confused with atomic mass.
What do whole numbers on the periodic table represent?
The whole number, the one at the top, above the element's symbol in the element box, is the atomic number. The atomic number is the number of protons per atom in that particular element. The bottom number, that is always a decimal, is the atomic mass.
Every element has its own atomic number the atomic number is the number of what?
the atomic number represents the number of protons in an elements atoms
What is an atomic number equal to?
The atomic number is the number of positive protons present in the nucleus of an atom.
What is an element is determined by the number of?
The identity of an element is determined by the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms. This is the atomic number of an element.
The atomic weight of an element is determined by what?
The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons in its nucleus.
The atomic number of an element determines its?
The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons in its nucleus.
Is the atomic number of an element determined by its number?
Protons. This determines what material the element is.
Which mass number or atomic number determine what element an atom is?
The identity of the element is determined solely by the atomic number, which is the number of protons.
How is the atomic number on an element determined?
By the number of protons in its nucleus.
IS the atomic number of an element determined by its number of protons?
yes it is
Is The atomic number of an element is determined by its number of protons?
That is correct
What determens the atomic number of an atom?
The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus.
Who determined the number of protons in each element?
an atomic
What other information about a element can be determined from its atomic number?
The number of electrons.
Which particle determines the atomic number of an element?
The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons.
