15. An electrically neutral atom consists of 15 neutrons, 13 electrons, and a number of protons. What is its mass number?

2 answers:

5 0

The charged subatomic particles in an atom are protons and electrons.

For an atom to be electrically neutral, the number of protons must be equal to the number of electrons to cancel out the charge exerted by the electrons.

Therefore, if the atom has 13 electrons, then the atom also has 13 protons. In other words, the atom has an atomic number of 13.

The mass number of an atom is the sum of the number if the atomic number or number of protons and the number of neutrons. Therefore, it’s mass number is 13+15=28.

Korvikt [17]2 years ago

4 0

Answer:

Explanation:

it states that the atom is neutral, meaning the number of electrons and protons are the same. so if there are 13 electrons, there are 13 protons. And the mass number is neutrons plus protons. So 13+15 is 28

You might be interested in

In a boys hostel, 1206 eggs were bought for breakfast for the students. How many moles of eggs does this represent?

Evgen [1.6K]

Answer:

6.022×1023

Here, it has been asked how many eggs are in one mole of eggs. The eggs represent the unit which can be atom, ion or molecule. So by the definition of mole, 6.022×1023number of eggs are present in one mole of eggs.

8 0

2 years ago

Jane is sliding down a slide. What kind of motion is she demonstrating?

svp [43]

It is translational motion. i know because i found it on this site. its verified too, have a nice day

5 0

2 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Consider the reaction 2NO(g) 1 O2(g) ¡ 2NO2(g) Suppose that at a particular moment during the reaction nitric oxide (NO) is reac

GalinKa [24]

<h2>a) The rate at which $NO_2$ is formed is 0.066 M/s</h2><h2>b) The rate at which molecular oxygen $O_2$ is reacting is 0.033 M/s</h2>

Explanation:

Rate law says that rate of a reaction is directly proportional to the concentration of the reactants each raised to a stoichiometric coefficient determined experimentally called as order.

$2NO(g)+O_2(g)\rightarrow 2NO_2(g)$

The rate in terms of reactants is given as negative as the concentration of reactants is decreasing with time whereas the rate in terms of products is given as positive as the concentration of products is increasing with time.

Rate in terms of disappearance of $NO$ = $-\frac{1d[NO]}{2dt}$ = 0.066 M/s