Boron has 5 electrons and protons; the number of neutrons is specific for each isotope.
Number of neutrons in a boron isotope = Mass number - 5
Boron (symbol B, atom number 5) is build up with:5 protons, 5 electrons and 5 or 6 neutrons, depending on the mass number of the two possible isotopes: B-(10) has 5 neutrons and B-(11) has 6 of them respectively.
Neutrons do not affect the neutrality (or charge) of an atom; protons and electrons do. In order to be neutral, the number of protons must be the same as the number of electrons.
The description appears to contain an inconsistency in the number of electrons. An atom typically has the same number of protons and electrons, making it neutral. If an atom has 5 protons, it is boron, which usually has 5 electrons. However, if it has 2 electrons, it would be a boron ion with a +3 charge, and if it has 3 electrons, it would be a boron ion with a +2 charge.
Disregard the electrons, as their relative mass is insignificant to that of protons and neutrons. To find atomic mass, add the numbers of protons and neutrons: 5 + 6 = 11 is the mass number.
you can't tell the atomic mass of an atom if either the number of protons or neutrons is missing. But Boron with 5 protons and 6 neutrons has and atomic mass of 11.
I think that's B, the symbol for the element boron. Boron has 5 protons and 5 electrons. The most common isotope has 6 neutrons. The other main isotope has only 5 neutrons.
Boron 10: 5 protons, 5 neutrons, 5 electrons Boron 11: 5 protons, 6 neutrons, 5 electrons
Boron is an atom or element, and it contains protons, electrons, and neutrons.
Boron has 5 protons and 5 electrons Boron has two stable isotopes, one with 5 neutrons and 6 neutrons.
Five. The Atomic Number of Boron is 5 so it has five protons and 5 electrons. The Mass number of Boron is 11. Mass minus atomic number = number of neutrons = 6. BORON:Electrons = 5 Protons = 5 Neutrons = 6
5 protons and electrons and the number of neutrons depends on the isotope
5 Protons,6 Electrons,5 Neutrons
Boron has 5 electrons and protons; the number of neutrons is specific for each isotope. Number of neutrons in a boron isotope = Mass number - 5
Boron (symbol B, atom number 5) is build up with:5 protons, 5 electrons and 5 or 6 neutrons, depending on the mass number of the two possible isotopes: B-(10) has 5 neutrons and B-(11) has 6 of them respectively.
Boron's atomic number is 5. So there are 5 protons and 5 electrons. In Boron-10, there are 5 neutrons (10 - 5 = 5)
Oh, dude, that's an isotope of boron, specifically Boron-9. So, it's like Boron, but with a little extra somethin' somethin'. And, you know, it's got that whole 5 protons, 4 neutrons, and 5 electrons vibe going on.
Five protons makes this the element boron. The number of protons is the atomic number, and determines the identity of an element. This example would be the boron-12 isotope because it contains 5 protons and 7 neutrons.