{"id":230725,"date":"2025-06-10T04:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=230725"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:20:39","slug":"how-many-protons-electrons-and-neutrons-are-in-34s2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/how-many-protons-electrons-and-neutrons-are-in-34s2\/","title":{"rendered":"How many protons, electrons, and neutrons are in 34S2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How many protons, electrons, and neutrons are in 34S2-? Number of protons <strong><em><strong><em>__<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> Number of electrons <strong><em><strong><em>_<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> Number of neutrons <strong><em>_<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Number of protons<\/strong>: 16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Number of electrons<\/strong>: 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Number of neutrons<\/strong>: 18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine the number of <strong>protons<\/strong>, <strong>electrons<\/strong>, and <strong>neutrons<\/strong> in the ion 34S2\u2212^{34}\\text{S}^{2-}34S2\u2212, we must analyze what each part of the notation means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element Symbol (S):<\/strong><br>The symbol &#8220;S&#8221; stands for <strong>sulfur<\/strong>. Sulfur always has <strong>16 protons<\/strong>, because the number of protons is determined by the element\u2019s atomic number on the periodic table, and sulfur\u2019s atomic number is 16.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mass Number (34):<\/strong><br>The superscript &#8220;34&#8221; refers to the <strong>mass number<\/strong>, which is the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. That is: Mass\u00a0Number=Protons+Neutrons\\text{Mass Number} = \\text{Protons} + \\text{Neutrons}Mass\u00a0Number=Protons+Neutrons Since sulfur has 16 protons: Neutrons=34\u221216=18\\text{Neutrons} = 34 &#8211; 16 = 18Neutrons=34\u221216=18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charge (2-):<\/strong><br>The charge indicates that this is a <strong>sulfide ion<\/strong>, specifically with a <strong>2- charge<\/strong>, meaning the atom has <strong>gained two electrons<\/strong>. A neutral sulfur atom has 16 electrons (equal to its 16 protons). Adding two more gives: Electrons=16+2=18\\text{Electrons} = 16 + 2 = 18Electrons=16+2=18<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Particle<\/th><th>Count<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Protons<\/td><td>16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electrons<\/td><td>18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neutrons<\/td><td>18<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sulfide ion, 34S2\u2212^{34}\\text{S}^{2-}34S2\u2212, is an isotope of sulfur (mass number 34) that has gained two electrons, making it negatively charged. Understanding this structure is crucial in chemistry for analyzing isotopes and ions, especially in reactions and bonding where charge and mass matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-88.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230726\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many protons, electrons, and neutrons are in 34S2-? Number of protons __ Number of electrons _ Number of neutrons _ The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: Explanation To determine the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons in the ion 34S2\u2212^{34}\\text{S}^{2-}34S2\u2212, we must analyze what each part of the notation means: Summary: Particle [&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-230725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230725","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=230725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}