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प्रश्न
Show diagrammatically the electron distributions in a sodium atom and a sodium ion and also give their atomic number.
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उत्तर
11Na -2,8,1 (11 electrons)
Na – 1e–—> Na+ (10 electrons) Electronic configuration 2, 8.

The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in its atom. Since, sodium atom and sodium ion contain the same number of protons, therefore, the atomic number of both is 11.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the following table.
| Atomic number | Mass number | Number of Neutrons | Number of protons | Number of electrons | Name of the Atomic species |
| 9 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| 16 | 32 | - | - | - | Sulphur |
| - | 24 | - | 12 | - | - |
| - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
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Rutherford won the Nobel Prize in 1908 for his investigations in the field of ......................
(a) Which of the nuclear particles is present in the same fixed number in the atoms of any particular element?
(b) What do we call this number which is characteristic of a particular element?
The atom of an element X has 7 electrons in its M shell.
What is the atomic number of element X?
Draw the atomic diagram of the following element showing the distribution of – protons, neutrons and the electrons in the various shell of the atom.
Phosphorus – \[\ce{^31_15P}\]
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‘Valency is the number of hydrogen atoms which can combine with [or displace] one atom of the element [or radical] forming a compound’. With reference to the above definition of valency, state the valency of chlorine in hydrogen chloride, giving reasons.
Match the statements in List I with the correct answer from List II.
| List I | List II |
| 1. Mass number of an atom is the number of protons and | A: Electron |
| 2. The sub-atomic particle with a negligible mass. | B: Argon |
| 3. An atom having stable electronic configuration. | C: Nitrogen |
| 4. A molecule formed by sharing of electrons [covalency] | D: Sodium |
| 5. A metallic atom having unstable electronic configuration. | E: Neutrons |
The diagram represents an isotope of hydrogen [H]. Answer the following:

Atomic no. = 1
Mass no. = 1
If an isotope of ‘H’ has mass no. = 3, how many neutrons does it have.
An element ‘A’ has mass number 23 and atomic number 11. State the –
- no. of neutrons in its shell,
- electronic configuration of the element ‘A’.
If an atom has 6 electrons in its outermost shell, it is inert.
