Question

how many neutrons does sulfur have

Answer 1

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Answer 2

http://www.middlebury.net/op-ed/periodic-table.jpg

Answer 3

now if you look on the provided periodic table find S

Answer 4

16

Answer 5

by looking at the whole number which is the atomic number we see that it is 16

Answer 6

now the atomic number is the number of protons in an atom

Answer 7

and then looking at the decimal number we see approximately 32

Answer 8

this is the atomic mass

Answer 9

atomic mass comes from the number of protons and neutrons

Answer 10

so by subtracting the atomic number from the mass since atomic number is the number of protons we get the number of neutrons

Answer 11

and we get 16 so the number of neutrons is 16