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

How Many Neutrons Does 

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Caesium (Cs) Have?






Hello, chemistry lover! today I am going to help you to find out how many neutrons caesium(Cs) have in just 3 steps.




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


●The atomic number of 
 
  is the number of protons in caesium(Cs) nucleus.


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


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



How Many Neutrons Does  caesium(Cs) Have?




                    Step-2:

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





From periodic table,


  ●Atomic number of 
 caesium(Cs) is 55.

●Atomic mass of  
caesium(Cs) is 132.9

●To find out mass number,we need to round 
132.9 to a whole number.



So,by rounding,we are getting the mass number of caesium(Cs).The mass number of caesium(Cs) (we are getting) is 133.




                    Step-3:

How Many Neutrons Does caesium(Cs)  Have?


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


●Number of neutrons=133-55=78

In another way,

●Mass number=Protons +Neutrons

Or,133 =55+Neutrons





Or,133-55=Neutrons





Therefore,
Neutrons=78





Therefore,the number of neutrons in caesium(Cs) is 78 here for this isotope.Remember that neutrons are present in the nucleous of caesium(Cs) and it's charge is zero.

●Number of protons in 
caesium(Cs) is 55.Protons are present in the nucleus of caesium(Cs) .







● Number of electrons in 
caesium(Cs)  is 55.Remember that number of electron equals to proton in a neutral atom.Eletrons are present outside of nucleus of caesium(Cs)  .


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