Question

How many protons neutrons and electrons does an electrically neutral atom of nickel have?

Answer 1

Since nickles atomicnumber is 28, that means it has 28 protons, which are positively charged. To cancel out the positive charge and make it nuetral, there isalso 28 electrons which are negatively charged.

Nickel has 31 neutrons because an atoms mass is the number of protons + neutrons. The # of protons is 28. The mass # is 59. So, there are 31 neutrons.