Monday, March 13, 2017

7.2 Structure of an atom and notation

Atoms of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons outside the nucleus.

Different isotopes of elements will have different number of neutrons in the nucleus but the same number of protons.

Carbon 14
C-14
14C


All are isotopes of carbon with total of 14 sub-atomic particles in the nucleus of the atom.

14 (total) - 6 (protons) = 8 neutrons