Question

Both protons and neutrons are located inside the nucleus of an atom. Changing the number of neutrons in the nucleus would form different isotopes of the same element. Which of these Best describes the outcome of decreasing the number in the nucleus?

Answer 1

The number of protons in an element is the same thing as the element's atomic number. Which means that bringing any change to the number of protons in an element by decreasing it would change the element as well as the number in the nucleus completely.