Calculating the number of each particle in an atom:
# Protons = Atomic Number
# Electrons = Protons
# Neutrons = Mass Number – Atomic Number
Use the periodic table to find the numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons for atoms of the following elements.
Name of Element | Element Symbol | Mass Number | Atomic Number | Protons | Neutrons | Electrons
-|-|-|-|-|-|-
Boron | B | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5
Sodium | | 24 | 11 | | |
| Y | 89 | 39 | | |
Copper | | | 29 | | 35 |
| Tc | 98 | 43 | | |
| Pb | 207 | | | |
Thallium | | 204 | 81 | | |
| H | | 0 | | |
Carbon | | 12 | | | |
| N | | | 7 | | |
| Ba | | | 56 | | |
Calcium | | | | | |
| Si | | | 14 | | |
Argon | | | 18 | | |
| Mg | | | 12 | | 12 |