He-3 and He-4 are isotopes of helium with 1 and 2 neutrons respectively. Both the isotopes have 2 protons and 2 electrons.
The mass number of an atom is the sum of its protons and neutrons. In this case, the atom has 3 protons and 4 neutrons, so the mass number is 3 + 4 = 7. Electrons do not contribute to the mass number as their mass is negligible compared to protons and neutrons.
Subtract number of protons (=atomic number) 3 from the total number of protons AND neutrons ( p+n = mass number) 7, leaves the number of neutrons 47-3=4
Number of neutrons = Mass number - Number of protons = 4 - 2 = 2 neutrons
Lithium: It has 4 neutrons and 3 protons.
Since the mass number is protons plus neutrons, it would have 5 neutrons.
The mass number of an atom is the sum of its protons and neutrons. In this case, the atom has 3 protons and 4 neutrons, so the mass number is 3 + 4 = 7. Electrons do not contribute to the mass number as their mass is negligible compared to protons and neutrons.
6Li has 3 protons, neutrons and electrons. 7Li has 3 protons, 4 neutrons and 3 electrons.
The most frequent isotope of lithium has 4 neutrons.
The atomic number of lithium is 3. Therefor there are 3 protons and neutron in the nucleus of lithium. Lithium also has 4 neutrons. atomic # = protons and neutrons neutrons = rounded atomic mass - atomic number Sources- 7th grade Acc. Science
There are 4 neutrons in a lithium-7 atom. Lithium, which has atomic number 3, has 3 protons in its nucleus. If its atomic number is 3 (which is the number of protons in its nucleus) and its mass number is 7, we can find the number of neutrons by subtracting the atomic number from the mass number. In this case, 7 minus 3 equals 4.
Whatever the number of neutrons are in the nucleus is the number of protons. Ex: Neutrons- 4 Protons - 4 Electrons-3 (Which would be an example of a positively charged atom)
Subtract number of protons (=atomic number) 3 from the total number of protons AND neutrons ( p+n = mass number) 7, leaves the number of neutrons 47-3=4
Lithium has 3 protons, 4 neutrons, and 3 electrons.
Lithium has 3 protons. The atomic number and the number of protons will be the same.
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The number of protons in the nucleus is given by the atomic number. So in your example, this would be atomic number 3 (lithium). It will have atomic mass of 7 (3 protons + 4 neutrons), and a charge of 0 since there are also 3 electrons to balance the 3 protons.
Number of neutrons = Mass number - Number of protons = 4 - 2 = 2 neutrons