Chemistry, 09.07.2019 05:00 yere144k

Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen. it has a mass number of two. which describes a deuterium atom? a. a nucleus of one proton and one neutron, which is orbited by one electron b. a nucleus of one proton, which is orbited by one neutron and one electron c. a nucleus of one neutron, which is orbited by one electron d. a nucleus of two neutrons which is orbited by two electrons

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Answer from: ovebrown

A. a nucleus of one proton and one neutron, which is orbited by one electron.

Explanation:

Isotopes have the same atomic number and different mass number. The atomic number is the numbers of protons in the nucleus and defines each element while the mass number is the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

An hydrogen atom with a mass number of two means that its nucleus has one proton and one neutron because the atomic number of hydrogen is 1, otherwise it wouldn’t be hydrogen, so it has 1 proton and to complete the mass number of two it must have 1 neutron.

On the other hand, the atomic model says that the nucleus is orbited by electrons. The number of electrons orbiting the nucleus is given by the atomic number. Then an atomic number of 1 means that 1 electron orbits the nucleus with one proton.

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A deuterium atom has A. a nucleus of one proton and one neutron, which is orbited by one electron.

A deuterium atom is an isotope of hydrogen, so it has the same atomic number: 1. The atomic number (Z) represents the number of protons, so deuterium has 1 proton.

A deuterium atom has a mass number (A) of 2. Since A is the sum of Z and the number of neutrons, the number of neutrons in one atom of deuterium is:

$A = Z + n\\n = A - Z = 2 -1 = 1$

It has 1 neutron.

Neutrons and protons are in the nucleus, orbited by electrons. Deuterium is neutral so it has the same number of electrons (negative charges) as protons (positive charges). Thus, it has 1 electron.

A deuterium atom has a nucleus of one proton and one neutron, which is orbited by one electron.

You can learn more about the atomic structure here:

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