Isotopes are atoms with the same number of protons (atomic number) but different numbers of neutrons, resulting in different atomic masses. These isotopes have similar chemical properties but may have different physical properties due to their different masses.
If you mean "how does one determine an atoms atomic mass?", then the answer would be to find a periodic table of elements where the whole numbers indicate atomic number and the other indicating atomic mass. Atomic number is generally described as the number of protons in a naturally occurring atom of a given element, and the atomic mass is the number of protons + number of neutrons in an atom.
If by its identity you mean its atomic number, no. Neutrons only count towards the Atomic Mass Number, or AMU.
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determines the atomic number. The atomic number corresponds to the number of protons in an atom's nucleus and identifies the element.
We can find atomic mass and mass number in chemical elements. Atomic mass is about weight of the atom. Mass number is about total of neutrons and protons.
An atom's atomic number corresponds to the number of protons in its nucleus, so an element with an atomic number of 117 has 117 protons. Since the atomic mass is 294, which accounts for the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus, we can subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass to find the number of neutrons: 294 (atomic mass) - 117 (atomic number) = 177 neutrons. Therefore, an atom of element 117 with an atomic mass of 294 would have 117 protons and 177 neutrons, resulting in 117 neutral atoms.
how do you find the atomic number for an element?
Atomic Mass minus atomic number
We can find atomic mass and mass number in chemical elements. Atomic mass is about weight of the atom. Mass number is about total of neutrons and protons.
number of neutrons = mass number - atomic number
Yes. The mass number is basic to the different elements, even more useful than the atomic number. (Unless it is an isotope. Isotopes have a different amount of neutrons than the basic element atom which makes a difference in mass number too. So, a difference in mass numbers doesn't always mean it is a different element.)
If you mean "how does one determine an atoms atomic mass?", then the answer would be to find a periodic table of elements where the whole numbers indicate atomic number and the other indicating atomic mass. Atomic number is generally described as the number of protons in a naturally occurring atom of a given element, and the atomic mass is the number of protons + number of neutrons in an atom.
If by its identity you mean its atomic number, no. Neutrons only count towards the Atomic Mass Number, or AMU.
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determines the atomic number. The atomic number corresponds to the number of protons in an atom's nucleus and identifies the element.
In order to find the number of neutrons in the atoms of an element, you must specify the isotope that you are interested in. Isotopes are specified according to their mass number. For example carbon-12 is the isotope of carbon that has a mass number of 12, and carbon-14 is the isotope of carbon that has a mass number of 14. All atoms of the same element, regardless of mass number, have the same number of protons, which is the element's atomic number. To determine the number of neutrons in an isotope, you subtract the atomic number from the mass number. For example, the atomic number of carbon is 6, which means that all carbon atoms contain 6 protons in their nuclei. So, to find the number of neutrons in a carbon-12 atom, subtract 6 from 12, and you get 6 neutrons in the atoms of carbon-12. To find the number of neutrons in a carbon-14 atom, subtract 6 from 14, and you get 8 neutrons in the atoms of carbon-14.
Find the atomic number of nitrogen in a periodic table or other reference. (It is 7 for nitrogen.) The number of electrons in any neutral atoms is always the same as the atomic number of the atom.
We can find atomic mass and mass number in chemical elements. Atomic mass is about weight of the atom. Mass number is about total of neutrons and protons.
Finding the electron of an element is easy. In if find through atoms which positively charged protons and the negatively charged electrons.