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Question #05e52

Answer 1

Zn
Neutrons: 35
Electrons: 30

Explanation:

We know that Zinc is an element so it has Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons. In order to find the number of Neutrons we must first locate both the Atomic Number an Atomic Mass of the specified element.

Atomic Number: 30
Atomic Mass: 65

Now that we have both the Atomic Number and Atomic mass we first subtract the (Atomic Mass - Atomic Number) from the Atomic Number. Which we get 35 (which is the number of Neutrons).

Next we know that the Atomic Number of an element is also the number of Protons within an element. We also know that all elements in their Periodic state are neutral atoms. With this information we can then conclude due to the fact that the Zinc has 30 Protons it must have 30 Electrons in order to be a neutral atom.