BY CHECKING THE REACTIVITY OF AN ELEMENT WHICH IS MOST REACTIVE OR NOT AND YOU STUDY TYPE OF CHEMICAL REACTION IN 1 CH AND YOU CHECK THE REACTIVITY OF ELEMENTS IN 3 CH METALS AND NON METALS PAGE NO 45 IN NCERT BOOK
The atomic number (Z) uniquely identifies a chemical element. In an uncharged atom, the atomic number is also equal to the number of electrons.
The atomic number, Z, should not be confused with the mass number, A, which is the number of nucleons, the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
In this video Kristine Born explains this two concepts in more detail.