General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry 3rd Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07351-124-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-124-5

Chapter 2 - Atoms and the Periodic Table - Problems - Page 45: 2.13

Answer

a) Carbon-13 isotope b) Antoimony-121 isotope

Work Step by Step

a. ¹³₆C (Carbon-13 isotope) Atomic Number (Z): 6 Mass Number (A): 13 Number of Protons: 6 Number of Neutrons: 13 − 6 = 7 Number of Electrons: 6 (assuming a neutral atom) Element: Carbon b. ¹²¹Sb (Antimony-121 isotope) Atomic Number (Z): 51 Mass Number (A): 121 Number of Protons: 51 Number of Neutrons: 121 − 51 = 70 Number of Electrons: 51 (assuming a neutral atom) Element: Antimony
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