Does copper have 34 or 35 neutrons?

The copper nucleus contains #29# protons, so we have #""^63Cu#.

Explanation:

The superscript is the sum of protons and neutrons, massive nuclear particles with a positive or a neutral charge. How did I know that copper has 29 protons in its nucleus?

If I have a neutral atom of #""^63Cu#, how many electrons are there?

IF there were 35 neutrons, how would I write the isotope?

1.2.1 Isotopes

All atoms of the same element have identical atomic numbers, and are chemically similar, but they may not be identical in other ways. Figure 2f shows copper. All copper atoms have atomic number 29: all their nuclei contain 29 protons. But they also contain uncharged particles called neutrons. In natural copper, the atoms are of two kinds. One has 29 protons and 34 neutrons in the nucleus; the other has 29 protons and 36 neutrons (Figure 4).

Does copper have 34 or 35 neutrons?

Figure 4 The distribution of protons, neutrons and electrons in the atoms of the two isotopes of copper present in copper metal. In both cases, the atomic number is 29: there are 29 protons in the nucleus. This makes both types of atom, atoms of copper, but they differ in the number of neutrons contained in their nucleus

The two different kinds of atom are called isotopes of copper. The neutron has a mass very similar to that of the proton, so the two isotopes differ in mass. The sum of the numbers of neutrons and protons for a particular isotope is called the mass number.

Question 3

What are the mass numbers of the two copper isotopes in Figure 4?

Answer

63 and 65 — that is, (29 + 34) and (29 + 36), respectively.

The two isotopes are written,

Does copper have 34 or 35 neutrons?
and
Does copper have 34 or 35 neutrons?
where the mass number and atomic number precede the chemical symbol as a superscript and subscript, respectively (Figure 5).

The mass number of any isotope is equal to the relative atomic mass of its atom, rounded to the nearest whole number. The atoms of natural copper are about 70%

Does copper have 34 or 35 neutrons?
and 30%
Does copper have 34 or 35 neutrons?
. Thus, the relative atomic mass of natural copper (63.5) lies between 63 and 65, but closer to 63 because that is the relative atomic mass of the more abundant isotope. But although copper contains two different isotopes, each isotope has the same atomic number, and therefore a virtually identical chemistry.

Does copper have 34 or 35 neutrons?

Figure 5 A symbolism showing the number of neutrons, protons and electrons in the neutral atom of an isotope

Copper 63: 29 protons, 29 electrons, 34 neutrons

Copper 65: 29 protons, 29 electrons, 36 neutrons

Copper The number of protons in an atom of an element is the same as the atomic number. So finding the number of protons in an atom just consists of looking at a Periodic Table. Copper's atomic number is 29, so it has 29 protons.

In a neutral atom, the number of electrons will equal and balance the number of protons, so it would also be 29 electrons.

The number of neutrons will depend on the isotope you have. Atoms of the same element can exist with different numbers of neutrons - these are what we call isotopes. However, there are only two isotopes of copper, 63Cu and 65Cu, which have 34 and 36 neutrons respectively.

CU/64 Copper

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CU/64 Copper

My teacher gave me an homework assignment concerning CU/64. I tried to Google information about it, but there was very little. I need to find who discovered it.

Craig_BridgeFormer ExpertPosts: 1297Joined: Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:47 am

Re: CU/64 Copper

Post by Craig_Bridge » Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:37 am

Cu is the chemical symbol for copper. Elemental copper has a standard atomic weight of 63.546 g/mol.
I'm guessing that your "CU/64" is what chemists would consider "Cu 63.5.

Try searching for "Copper Age". Lots of luck on figuring out who discovered copper as there are artifacts that date back to 9000 BC.

-Craig

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Re: CU/64 Copper

Post by agm » Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:48 am

Hi HolyCatty,

It's likely that your assignment refers to the particular isotope of copper with a mass number of 64 = 29 protons (constant for Cu) + 35 neutrons (isotope-specific). The standard atomic weight of an element, such as 63.546, is an average of the masses of all the element's different isotopes weighted by how common they are.

Note that we're mainly here for help with science projects, not homework assignments. These two sites might or might not qualify as good primary sources (especially since Wikipedia can be edited by anyone), but they both list a number of references that could help you get started, in addition to putting "copper isotopes", "copper-64 discovery", etc into a search engine:

http://www.webelements.com/copper/isotopes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper-64

Good luck,
Amanda

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Re: CU/64 Copper

Post by HolyCatty » Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:23 pm

Thanks for the suggestions searching "Copper Age" and stuff. I"ll go search it up right now XD

Craig_BridgeFormer ExpertPosts: 1297Joined: Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:47 am

Re: CU/64 Copper

Post by Craig_Bridge » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:36 am

agm wrote:It's likely that your assignment refers to the particular isotope of copper with a mass number of 64 = 29 protons (constant for Cu) + 35 neutrons (isotope-specific). The standard atomic weight of an element, such as 63.546, is an average of the masses of all the element's different isotopes weighted by how common they are.

Because the Cu 64 isotope is NOT naturally occurring and copper plates have been common targets starting with the earliest high energy accelerator physics experiments, I doubt that one could figure out who was the first to discover that particular isotope.
In any case, ask you teacher what was meant by the question as there are several interpretations.

-Craig

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What element has 34 neutrons?

Zinc is the first element of the twelfth column of the periodic table. It is classified as a transition metal. Zinc atoms have 30 electrons and 30 protons with 34 neutrons in the most abundant isotope.

What element has 35 number of neutrons?

Name
Bromine
Number of Protons
35
Number of Neutrons
45
Number of Electrons
35
Melting Point
-7.2° C
#35 - Bromine - Brhobart.k12.in.us › ksms › PeriodicTable › brominenull

How many neutrons are there in copper?

All copper atoms have atomic number 29: all their nuclei contain 29 protons. But they also contain uncharged particles called neutrons. In natural copper, the atoms are of two kinds. One has 29 protons and 34 neutrons in the nucleus; the other has 29 protons and 36 neutrons (Figure 4).

What is the copper isotope with 34 neutrons?

1 Answer. The copper nucleus contains 29 protons, so we have 63Cu .