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Chapter 2.2, Problem 2CC
A nitrogen atom has 7 protons, and the most common isotope of nitrogen has 7 neutrons. A radioactive isotope of nitrogen has 8 neutrons. Write the atomic number and mass number of this radioactive nitrogen as a chemical symbol with a subscript and superscript.
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What if there are a different number of Neutrons?
Sometimes elements have a different number of neutrons than usual, so therefore have a different atomic mass. This is what we call an Isotope (a variant form of an element which has the same number of protons but a differing number of neutrons).
Sometimes we’ll see Isotopes labeled with their new mass like this:
14C = this is Carbon 14. Notice it has a different mass than what is on your periodic table
The average mass of all the isotopes is defined as an element’s Atomic Weight. Can you answer questions about these Isotopes?
ELEMENT
ATOMIC MASS
NUMBER OF PROTONS
NUMBER OF NEUTRONS
14C
A
B
C
15N
D
E
F
2H
G
H
I
Use your table to look up the number of protons, remember that never changes!
for the first 10 atoms from the periodic table determine:
the atom full name and chemical symbol
atomic number
atomic mass
how many protons, Neutrons and electrons?
Abundance in nature
Chlorine is an element with the symbol Cl. Draw and label atomic structure of chlorine indicating the number and locations of protons, neutrons and electrons in one atom of chlorine.
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