EXERCISE 4 - Protons, Neutrons, Electrons and Isotopes

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1 How many protons and electrons are in an atom of lithium?
3
4
6
7
None of the previous answers.

2 How many protons and electrons are in an atom of argon?
21
39
40
22
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3 How many protons and electrons are in an atom of copper?
63.546
29
64
35
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4 How many protons and electrons are in an atom of aluminum?
27
14
13
26
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5 How many protons and electrons are in an atom of bromine?
80
45
44
35
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6 How many protons and electrons are in an atom of uranium?
238
92
146
6.023x1023
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7 What is the average number of neutrons in an atom of fluorine?
9
19
10
18.998
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8 What is the average number of neutrons in an atom of chromium?
24
28
52
27
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9 What is the average number of neutrons in an atom of uranium?
146
238
92
143
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10 How many protons and electrons respectively are in Na+?
12, 11
12, 13
11, 12
11, 10
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11 How many protons and electrons respectively are in Ca2+?
20, 18
18, 20
22, 20
20, 20
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12 How many protons and electrons respectively are in Cl-?
17, 16
17, 17
18, 19
16, 17
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13 How many protons and electrons respectively are in Fe+3?
23, 26
23, 23
23, 20
26, 23
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14 How many protons and electrons respectively are in S-2?
16, 16
16, 14
14, 16
16, 18
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15 What is the average number of neutrons in Al3+?
14
13
10
27
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16 What is the average number of neutrons in F-?
19
10
9
11
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17 How many neutrons are in an atom of chlorine?
17
18
An average of about 18.45
18.45
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18 How many neutrons are in an atom of bismuth?
83
An average of 126
126
125
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19 From the periodic table, what can you conclude about the number of isotopes of fluorine that are found on earth?
There is only one.
2
more than 2
It is highly probable that there is only one or a huge predominance of one.
None of the previous answers.

20 From the periodic table, what can you conclude about the number of isotopes of chlorine that are found on earth?
probably two or more
2
more than 2
It is highly probable that there is only one.
None of the previous answers.

21 From the periodic table, what can you conclude about the number of isotopes of bromine that are found on earth?
2
Probably two or more.
more than 2
It is highly probable that there is only one.
None of the previous answers.

22 From the periodic table, what can you conclude about the number of isotopes of copper that are found on earth?
1
2
probably 2 or more
It is highly probable that there is only one.
None of the previous answers.

23 Which pair are isotopes?
Fe2+ and Fe3+
239U and 239Pu
N and N2
16O and 17O
none of the above

24 Which of the following would probably be a stable isotope of phosphorous?
28P
31P
34P
31S
None of the previous answers.

25 Which of the following would probably be a stable isotope of scandium?
40Sc
45Sc
50P
45K
None of the previous answers.

26 Which of the following would probably be a radioactive isotope of scandium?
40Sc
45Sc
45Sc3+
45K
None of the previous answers.

27 Which of the following would probably be a radioactive isotope of iodine?
127I
I2
139I
79Br
None of the previous answers.

28 The atomic masses and percentage as found on earth of the isotopes of lithium are: 6.01512, 7.59% and 7.01600, 92.41%. To 4 significant figures, what atomic mass should appear in the periodic table for lithium?
7.000
3.000
6.516
6.941
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29 The atomic masses and percentage as found on earth of the isotopes of tungsten are: 179.946701, 0.12%; 181.948202, 26.50%; 182.950220, 14.31%; 183.950928, 30.64%; 185.954357. To 5 significant figures, what atomic mass should appear in the periodic table for tungsten?
74
182.95
183.84
109.84
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30 Which of the following would probably be a stable isotope of technetium?
98Tc
43Tc
55Tc
100Tc
None of the previous answers.

31 Which of the following would probably be a stable isotope of thorium?
90Th
232Th
142Th
There are no absolutely stable isotopes of thorium.
None of the previous answers.

32 On February 29, 2002, a Modesto Junior College chemistry class will discover a new element, Modestonium (Mm) with atomic number 124. The element will have a colorful electron shell and a tasty nucleus. Mass spectrometric analysis will reveal that the element consists of 80.00% 314.0Mm and 20.00% 312.0Mm. What atomic mass will appear for Mm in the periodic table?
313.6
313

33 Which statement below is correct?
Up to an atomic mass of 20, the number of protons and neutrons are about equal.
An isotope with 60 protons and 60 neutrons should be stable.
Tin probably has only one naturally occurring stable isotope.
Radon has several stable isotopes.
None of the previous answers.

34 235U is a fissionable isotope of uranium and is used in nuclear reactors. 238U does not undergo fission. Based on the atomic mass of uranium in the periodic chart, which statement is true?
Naturally occurring uranium should be useable in nuclear reactors.
A difficult and expensive extraction and concentration of 235U is necessary from natually occurring uranium before it can be used in nuclear reactors.
There is no fissionble uranium in naturally occurring uranium.
There is only one naturally occurring isotope of uranium.
None of the previous answers.

35 Except for small but very important small differences in rates of chemical reactions, isotopes (of the same element) behave almost identically in chemical reactions (in sharp contrast, nuclear stability is very dependent on the neutron to proton ratio). The very significant exception to this observation is that replacement of hydrogen-1 by hydrogen-2 (deuterium) can result in rate changes of as much as a factor of seven in chemical reactions. Why is it that hydrogen isotopes have such a large rate difference when intimately involved in a chemical reaction?
Hydrogen is diatomic.
Hydrogen is a gas.
The isiotopes of hydrogen differ in mass by a factor of 2 whereas most isotopes differ in mass by a small percentage.
Hydrogen is the most abundant element (90%) in the universe.
None of the previous answers.