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HydrogenAll atoms, ions, and isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons. The number of protons defines the element. Hydrogen atoms all have one proton. So it does not matter if you provide the mass number (hydrogen-1) because the number of protons does not depend on it. It does, however, let us know the number of neutrons. The mass number is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons. Because we know that hydrogen has one proton, and the mass number is one, there must be no neutrons.
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