Answer to Question #95861 in General Chemistry for Brenda Daniela Hernandez Linares

Question

What is the atomic number for the following isotope: the hydrogen isotope with 2 neutrons.
Express your answer as an integer.

Answer 1

The atomic number equals to the number of protons in the nucleus (and does not depend on the number of neutrons). For all isotopes of hydrogen it's equal to 1.

Answer: $Z = 1$