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To completely specify the type of atom, you would have to know the element and the isotope - that is, the number of protons and the number of neutrons. If either of these is different, you have a different type of atom. Isotopes of different elements (i.e., different number of protons) may have the same number of neutrons: in total, 118 elements are known (the number of protons can go from 1-118), but over 3000 types of atoms or isotopes are known.
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Can you identify an atom without number of neutrons in it?
Every element has a specific number of protons, which is how an element is identified. That gives its atomic number. The number of neutrons can vary, and therefore is not useful in identifying an element.
Can you identify an atom without knowing number of neutrons in it?
Yes, and in order to find the Number of Neutrons, subtract Atomic Mass from Number Of Protons, the result will be the Number of Neutrons for that atom *No. Of Neutron=Atomic Mass - Number Of Protons
How can two atoms of the same element have different numbers of neutrons why doesnt the different number of neutrons make it a different element?
Neutrons have no significant effects on an atom's properties other than its mass. Nearly all chemical and physical properties of an element are determined by the configuration and number of electrons it has, which is in turn determined by the number of protons in the nucleus. As a result two atoms of the same element but with different numbers of neutrons (called isotopes) will behave identically.
What are atoms that have the same element but different neutrons?
IsotopesThe number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determines the element. The number of neutrons can vary. If two atoms of the same element have a different number of neutrons in their nuclei, they are isotopes of that element.
One isotope for a particular element is distinguished from another by the number of?
protons and neutrons in its nucleus. The number of protons determines the element, while the number of neutrons can vary to create different isotopes of that element.
What number identify an element?
The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus of that element; it will identify the element. The number of neutrons of a given element may be different as the element may have a number of isotopes.
Can you identify an atom without number of neutrons in it?
Every element has a specific number of protons, which is how an element is identified. That gives its atomic number. The number of neutrons can vary, and therefore is not useful in identifying an element.
Why must you know both how many protons and how many neutrons an element has in order to fully identify it?
The number of protons determine what element it is, the number of neutrons determine what isotope it is.
What is an atom's mass number?
An atom's mass number is the total number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus. It is used to identify isotopes of an element since isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
The mass number of an element is equal to the total number of?
The mass number is the average atomic mass of all the isotopes that are found in nature.
Can you identify an atom without knowing number of neutrons in it?
Yes, and in order to find the Number of Neutrons, subtract Atomic Mass from Number Of Protons, the result will be the Number of Neutrons for that atom *No. Of Neutron=Atomic Mass - Number Of Protons
Mass number of elements?
The mass number of an element is the total number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus. It is used to identify different isotopes of an element based on the varying number of neutrons. The mass number is usually represented as a superscript to the left of the element's symbol.
Can atoms of two different elements have the same number of neutrons?
Number of protons in in an element denote the type of element. So you identify element on the number of protons in it. Protons being positively charged can not sit together in a nucleus. They will repel each other. So you do not have an element in which only 2 or more protons and no neutrons are there.It means neutrons act as binding material in an element. So usually equal or more neutrons are there in an element. If same number of neutrons are there in nucleus but different number of protons, then it is no more a same but different element. An element in which different number of neutrons are there are called as Isotope. All element have got one or more Isotopes. So there 'physical' properties would differ but not 'chemical' property.
What is the number of protons and neutrons called?
The number protons in an atom is called the atomic number (it is this number that tells us which element the atom is). The number of neutrons in an atom can change, but the term for the amount of neutrons is called an isotope. The number of protons and neutrons added together is called the atomic mass.
How can two atoms of the same element have different numbers of neutrons why doesnt the different number of neutrons make it a different element?
Neutrons have no significant effects on an atom's properties other than its mass. Nearly all chemical and physical properties of an element are determined by the configuration and number of electrons it has, which is in turn determined by the number of protons in the nucleus. As a result two atoms of the same element but with different numbers of neutrons (called isotopes) will behave identically.
Isotopes of an element have a different number of?
neutrons
What are the element number of neutrons?
Number of Neutrons = Mass number - Number of Protons
