145k views
2 votes
How to find atomic mass number?
PHYSICS question


User Mcanfield
by
4.9k points

2 Answers

5 votes
To calculate the atomic mass of a single atom of an element, add up the mass of protons and neutrons. Example: Find the atomic mass of an isotope of carbon that has 7 neutrons. You can see from the periodic table that carbon has an atomic number of 6, which is its number of protons.
User Ginman
by
4.0k points
6 votes

Answer:

Together,the number of protons and the number of neutrons determine an elements isotopes have slightly different mass numbers, the atomic mass is calculated by obtaining the mean of the mass numbers for its isotopes.

hope it is helpful....

User GTAVLover
by
4.5k points