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What number of neutrons would make a nitrogen atom most stable?
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Nitrogen has two natural isotopes: N-14 with 7 neutrons and N-15 with 8 neutrons.
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How is nitrogen -15 isotope different from a nitrogen -9 isotope?
Nitrogen-15 would have 8 neutrons, while nitrogen-9 (if it existed) would only have 2.
Which nuclei would be the least stable?
1 proton, 3 neutrons
Are most atoms their mass number is the same as their atomic number?
No. In most atoms the mass number is at least twice the atomic number. A mass number that is the same as the atomic number would indicate a nucleus with no neutrons. Such a nucleus would be highly unstable except in the case of the hydrogen-1 nucleus, which consists of a single proton. In most other stable nuclei there are at least as many neutrons as their are protons. The mass number is the sum of the number of protons and the number of neutrons.
What is called if you add 2 extra neutrons to oxygen that ordinarily has 8 protons and 8 neutrons?
You would get 18O, a stable nuclide with isospin 1.
To find the number of neutrons in an atom you would subtract what?
You would subtract the atomic number from the mass number.
What is the number of neurons in nitrogen?
Nitrogen is an atomic element and does not have any 'neurons' because neurons are nerve cells.I think you meant 'neutrons' :-Nitrogen has an atomic mass of 14.00674 and an atomic number of 7. As the majority of mass in an atom is in the nucleus and as the atomic number represents the number of protons in the nucleus, the number of neutrons ROUGHLY = the atomic mass minus the atomic number. In other words Nitrogen would have 7 neutrons in its nucleus.The fractional part of the atomic mass is because there are isotopes of nitrogen some with more or less neutrons than 7. In fact there are two stable isotopes of nitrogen: 14N and 15N the most common is 14N (99.634%).
What information would be requierd to determine the mass number of nitrogen?
You would need to know how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus of a particular isotope of nitrogen. The number of protons, which is its atomic number, will always be the same, no matter which isotope is given, but the number of neutrons differs with different isotopes. For example, one isotope of nitrogen has 7 neutrons. To determine its mass number, find nitrogen on the periodic table, and you will see that its atomic number is 7. So this isotope of nitrogen has 7 protons. Now, add the 7 neutrons to the 7 protons, and you get a mass number of 14 for this isotope of nitrogen, which is called nitrogen-14. (Isotopes are named by their mass numbers.) Another isotope of nitrogen has 8 neutrons. Add the 8 neutrons to the 7 protons (atomic number), and you get a mass number of 15 for this isotope of nitrogen, called nitrogen-15.
How does nitrogen radioactive differ from a stable atom?
Chemically there is no difference between radioactive nitrogen and stable nitrogen. Both will react the exact same way in all chemical reactions. The only difference between the two is the number of neutrons in the nucleus. This means the only difference is mass. If the nitrogen atom has too many neutrons, it will most likely give off a beta particle. The beta particle shoots out from one of its neutrons. That neutron then becomes a proton and the nitrogen becomes oxygen. If the nitrogen atom has too few neutrons, a proton in its nucleus may capture one of its own electrons and turn into a neutron. This would then turn the nitrogen atom into a carbon atom.
What would happened to a stable nucleus in which the number of neutrons suddenly decreased?
The nucleus would become unstable because you need a certain amount of neutrons, electrons, and protons for it to be stable.
How many neutrons are in neon 20?
The atomic number is the number of protons in an element, no matter the change in mass. Since nitrogen's atomic number is 7, 7 would be the answer.
Which information would be required to determine the mass number of nitrogen?
7protons and 7 neutrons
How many protons neutrons and electrons make up atom of nitrogen-15?
7 protons 7 electrons 8 neutrons
What element has 7 protons and 3 neutrons?
Seeing the number of protons, I would guess nitrogen.
What happens when oxygen gains electrons?
The "atomic number" of an element is the number of protons in its atoms. The number of neutrons may be different, creating "isotopes" of the element. Altering the number of protons in an atom changes it to a different element. Since oxygen atoms contain 8 protons, losing one would create an atom of NITROGEN, containing 7 protons. Isotopes are listed by the "mass number", which is the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom. An atom of oxygen would normally be oxygen-16, with 8 protons and 8 neutrons. Losing one proton from this atom would create NITROGEN-15, a stable isotope of nitrogen with 7 protons and 8 neutrons.
How can you find the number of neutrons in the isotope nitrogen-16?
Subtract the number of protons (atomic number) from the mass number 16. The atomic number of nitrogen is 7, therefore its atoms have 7 protons. The number of neutrons in the atoms of the isotope nitrogen-16 is 16 -7 = 9 neutrons.
Is N-14 or N-15 more abundant in nitrogen?
Nitrogen 14 is by far the most abundant isotope (99.63% abundant).An easy way to figure out which one is the most abundant is to look at the periodic table. The mass on the periodic table is the weighted average of all possible isotopes. The atomic mass of nitrogen is 14.00674. You can gather from this that the most abundant isotope is N-14, since the number is VERY close to 14.It is also possible to guess the most common isotope if you do not have access to a periodic table. Nitrogen has 7 protons and the most stable isotope is Nitrogen 14, which has 7 neutrons in addition to the protons. In virtually all elements, the stable isotopes are those that have the same or very similar number of neutrons as the number of protons in the nucleus. This works for Carbon which has 6 protons and 6 neutrons in the nucleus for Carbon 12, the most common isotope.This is also true for Oxygen 16 (8P and 8N), Silicon 28 (14P and 14N), and just about any element you choose.An isotope of nitrogen containing seven neutrons would be nitrogen - 15.
If an atom has 7 protons 7 neutrons and 7 electrons what would be the atomic number?
The answer is 7. The amount of protons is always the atomic number of the element. If the protons (atomic number) changes then the element changes
