【3 Steps】How Many Neutrons Does Rubidium(Rb) Have?||Number of Neutrons in Rubidium(Rb)

How Many Neutrons Does 

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Rubidium(Rb) Have?





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

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To find out the number of neutrons  for  rubidium (Rb) ,we have to have knowledge about atomic number,atomic mass,mass number of  rubidium (Rb)
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                    Step-1:



●The atomic number of 
 rubidium (Rb)   is the number of protons in rubidium (Rb)'s nucleus.



●The atomic mass of 
 rubidium (Rb)   is the average number of  protons plus neutrons of all the isotopes of  rubidium (Rb)   .


●The masss number of 
 rubidium (Rb) is the number of protons plus neutrons of a specific isotope of  rubidium (Rb)  .



How Many Neutrons Does  rubidium (Rb) Have?




                    Step-2:

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





From periodic table,


  ●Atomic number of 
 rubidium (Rb)   is 37.

●Atomic mass of  
rubidium (Rb) is 85.47

●To find out mass number,we need to round 
85.47 to a whole number.So,by rounding,we are getting mass number of  rubidium (Rb).The mass number of  rubidium (Rb) is 85
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                    Step-3:

How Many Neutrons Does rubidium (Rb) Have?

By the difference between mass number and atomic number of 
rubidium (Rb),we get the number of neutrons in rubidium (Rb) .


●Number of neutrons=85-37=48

In another way,

●Mass number=Protons +Neutrons

Or,85 =37+Neutrons

Or,85-37=Neutrons

Therefore,
Neutrons=48





Therefore,the number of neutrons in rubidium (Rb) is 48 here for this isotope.Remember that neutrons are present in the nucleous of rubidium (Rb)and it's charge is zero.

●Number of protons in 
rubidium (Rb) is 37.Protons are present in the nucleus of rubidium (Rb).



● Number of electrons in 
rubidium (Rb) is 37.Remember that number of electron equals to proton in a neutral atom.Eletrons are present outside of nucleus of rubidium (Rb)  .


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