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Aug 20, 2016

As the name suggests sub atomic particles are constituent particles of an atom, viz, Protons, Neutrons and Electrons.

We know that for any atom
Number of protons#=# Atomic number
Number of Neutrons#=# Mass number #-#Atomic number
Number of Electrons#=#Number of protons#=# Atomic number

Armed with this knowledge let us find out number of sub atomic particles in a molecule of #"NH"_3#
One molecule of #"NH"_3# has one atom of #"N"# and three atoms of #"H"#
One atom of #"N"# has
Number of protons#=# Atomic number of #"N"=7#
Number of Neutrons#=# Mass number #-#Atomic number#=14-7=7#
Number of Electrons#=#Number of protons#=# Atomic number#=7#
Number of sub atomic particles is an atom of #"N"=7+7+7=21#

One atom of #"H"# has
Number of protons#=# Atomic number of #"N"=1#
Number of Neutrons#=# Mass number #-#Atomic number#=1-1=0#
Number of Electrons#=#Number of protons#=# Atomic number#=1#
Number of sub atomic particles is an atom of #"N"=1+0+1=2#
#:.# Three atoms of #"H"# have number of sub atomic particles#=3xx2=6#

One molecule of #"NH"_3# has number of sub atomic particles#=21+6=27.#

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