【 】How Many Neutrons Does Calcium Have?||Number of Neutrons in Calcium

How Many Neutrons Does Calcium Have?

Answer:
Calcium has twenty neutrons for this isotope.

Explanation:

Hello, chemistry lover! today we are going to help you to find out  how many neutrons calcium  have in just 3 steps.








To find out the number of neutrons  for calcium,we have to have knowledge about atomic number,atomic mass,mass number of calcium.



                    Step-1:



●The atomic number of calcium is the number of protons in calcium's nucleus.



●The atomic mass of calcium is the average number of  protons plus neutrons of all the isotopes of calcium.


●The masss number of calcium is the number of protons plus neutrons of a specific isotope of calcium.





How Many Neutrons Does calcium Have?




                    Step-2:


We need to convert atomic mass of calcium to mass number of  
calcium by rounding if necessary (In case of fraction) .









From periodic table,



  ●Atomic number of calcium  is 20 .


●Atomic mass of  calcium is 40.08


●To find out mass number,we need to round 40.08 to a whole number.So,by rounding,we are getting mass number  of calcium.The mass number of calcium is 40.





                    Step-3:


How Many Neutrons Does calcium Have?

By the difference between mass number and atomic number of calcium,we get the number of neutrons in calcium.


●Number of neutrons=40-20=20
Therefore,the number of neutrons in calcium is 20 here for this isotope.Remember that neutrons are present in the nucleous of calcium and it's charge is zero.

●Number of protons in calcium is 20.Protons are present in the nucleus of calcium.




● Number of electrons in calcium is 20.Remember that number of electron equals to proton in a neutral atom.Eletrons are present outside of nucleus of calcium.



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