{"id":185479,"date":"2025-01-22T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=185479"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:04:56","slug":"name-the-element-which-has-the-following-numbers-of-particles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/22\/name-the-element-which-has-the-following-numbers-of-particles\/","title":{"rendered":"Name the element which has the following numbers of particles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Name the element which has the following numbers of particles. Be specific. (Include charges and mass numbers where possible.) 26 electrons, 29 neutrons, 26 protons 53 protons, 74 neutrons 2 electrons (neutral atom)  20 protons 86 electrons, 125 neutrons, 82 protons (charged atom) 0 neutrons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s break down each case one by one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>26 electrons, 29 neutrons, 26 protons<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element<\/strong>: Iron (Fe)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number (Z)<\/strong>: 26 (This corresponds to the number of protons and electrons in a neutral atom.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mass Number (A)<\/strong>: 26 protons + 29 neutrons = <strong>55<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charge<\/strong>: Neutral (since protons = electrons)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, this element is a neutral atom of <strong>Iron-55<\/strong> (Fe-55).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <strong>53 protons, 74 neutrons<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element<\/strong>: Iodine (I)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number (Z)<\/strong>: 53 (This corresponds to the number of protons, which determines the element.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mass Number (A)<\/strong>: 53 protons + 74 neutrons = <strong>127<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charge<\/strong>: Neutral (assuming it&#8217;s a neutral atom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This represents an isotope of <strong>Iodine-127<\/strong> (I-127), which is the most stable and common isotope of iodine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>2 electrons (neutral atom)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element<\/strong>: Helium (He)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number (Z)<\/strong>: 2 (The number of protons and electrons in a neutral atom.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mass Number (A)<\/strong>: 4 (Most stable isotope of helium has 2 neutrons.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charge<\/strong>: Neutral (since protons = electrons)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This corresponds to <strong>Helium-4<\/strong> (He-4), which is the most stable and common isotope of helium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>20 protons<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element<\/strong>: Calcium (Ca)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number (Z)<\/strong>: 20 (This corresponds to the number of protons and defines the element.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charge<\/strong>: Neutral (assuming no charge indicated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This corresponds to the element <strong>Calcium<\/strong>. The most common isotope is <strong>Calcium-40<\/strong> (Ca-40), which has 20 neutrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <strong>86 electrons, 125 neutrons, 82 protons (charged atom)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element<\/strong>: Lead (Pb)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number (Z)<\/strong>: 82 (This corresponds to the number of protons and defines the element.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mass Number (A)<\/strong>: 82 protons + 125 neutrons = <strong>207<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charge<\/strong>: This is a charged atom, meaning it has 86 electrons, suggesting it is an <strong>anionic form<\/strong> of lead (Pb\u00b2\u207b).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This corresponds to a <strong>Lead-207<\/strong> (Pb-207) atom with a <strong>2- charge<\/strong> (due to the excess electrons).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. <strong>0 neutrons<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element<\/strong>: Hydrogen (H)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number (Z)<\/strong>: 1 (This corresponds to the number of protons and defines the element.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mass Number (A)<\/strong>: 1 (Most common isotope of hydrogen, which has 0 neutrons.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charge<\/strong>: Neutral (assuming no charge indicated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This corresponds to <strong>Hydrogen-1<\/strong> (H-1), the most common isotope of hydrogen, which consists of just one proton and no neutrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fe-55<\/strong> (Iron-55, neutral)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>I-127<\/strong> (Iodine-127, neutral)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>He-4<\/strong> (Helium-4, neutral)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ca-40<\/strong> (Calcium-40, neutral)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pb-207\u00b2\u207b<\/strong> (Lead-207, anionic form)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>H-1<\/strong> (Hydrogen-1, neutral)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In all these cases, the atomic number determines the element, while the number of neutrons gives us the isotope. The charge is determined by comparing the number of electrons to protons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name the element which has the following numbers of particles. Be specific. (Include charges and mass numbers where possible.) 26 electrons, 29 neutrons, 26 protons 53 protons, 74 neutrons 2 electrons (neutral atom) 20 protons 86 electrons, 125 neutrons, 82 protons (charged atom) 0 neutrons The Correct Answer and Explanation is : Let&#8217;s break down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}