Chemistry, 01.08.2019 11:20 reganjones89

How to tell how many protons neutrons and electrons are in an element?

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Use your periodic table to determine the number of protons. The number of protons in an atom defines its elemental identity. For example, any atom with 11 protons is called sodium, no matter the number of electrons or neutrons that it carries. You can determine the number of protons in an atom by looking at the atomic number, which is just above the atomic symbol on the periodic table. For example, if you want to know the number of protons for magnesium, then you look for its atomic symbol, Mg, on the periodic table, and just above it you will find the atomic number, 12, which is equal to the number of protons in magnesium.

Use the number of protons to determine the number of electrons. In an atom with no charge, the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons. For example, an uncharged magnesium atom will have 12 electrons. If the atom carries a positive or negative charge, add one electron to the original number of electrons for every negative charge, or subtract one electron from the original number of electrons for every positive charge. For example, if you have a magnesium ion with a +2 charge, then you must subtract two electrons from the original 12, giving you 10 electrons. Ions are the only forms of atoms in which the number of electrons does not match the number of protons.

Subtract the number of protons from the atomic mass to determine the number of neutrons. Different isotopes have different numbers of neutrons. Look at the atomic mass of the isotope, which will be listed after the name of the isotope or in the upper left corner of the atomic symbol. Subtract the number of protons for that element from the atomic mass to get the number of neutrons. For example, carbon-13 is a carbon isotope with an atomic mass of 13. Using the periodic table you can determine that carbon has six protons. Subtract six from 13 to get 7 neutrons present in carbon-13

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in the given question, the partial pressure is calculated by using the ideal gas equation, that is, pv = nrt

here, p is pressure, v is volume = 25 l, n is number of moles = 0.0104 moles, r is gas constant = -0.0821 l.atm / mol.k

t is temperature = 273 k

p = nrt / v

p = (0.0104 mol × 0.0821 l.atm / mol.k × 273 k) / 25 l

= 0.0093 atm

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Because electrons have negligible mass, to account for the mass of the isotope, there must be 16 neutrons, 16 neutrally charged, massive, fundamental particles present in the sulfur nucleus. and thus finally, if we have the 32s2− ion, there are 18 electrons, 16 protons, and 16 neutrons.

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