How to find the number of proton and neutron

go to periodic table

look for the element you want

find the atomic number on the top right hand side of the element

atomic number = equal to number of proton.

find atomic mass bottom right hand side of the element

atomic mass - atomic number = neutron

i hope this will help

Na atomic number 11 and mass number 23

protons 11

neutron =23-11=12

M-A=N

Explanation:

M-A=N

Here is an example.

The equation above means that the atomic number (A) subtracted from the average atomic mass (M) equals the combined amount of neutrons and protons. Since we know that 35 17Cl is Chlorine (this is because Chlorine (Cl) is the 17th number on the periodic table and has the average atomic mass of 35), we can insert our data into the equation and end up with the following:

35-17=18.

From here, we can tell that we have a mix of neutrons and protons, with the total being 18. Since the atomic number is 17, we can reasonably assume that there are 17 protons and 1 neutron.

But we still need to find the number of electrons. Fortunately, the number of electrons is always equivilant to the number of protons and the atomic mass, so we know that the number of electrons is 17.

So, we have;

17 Protons

1 Neutron

17 Electrons