The Atom & The Periodic Table

By: Kristina De Dieu

Period: rows of Group: aka family,
the periodic are the columns
table labelled with
numbers at the top
of each one
Representative
Representative elements
elements

Semi-
metals

Transition Inner Transition

metals metals

12 12 12
15 Atomic Number 6C 6C 6C
P Element symbol
Phosphorous Element Isotopes: atoms that have
30.97 Atomic mass varying numbers of neutrons.

Mass of isotopic atoms like

Atomic Notation carbon are determined by
averaging out the mass of the
31
15𝐏𝐏 = 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀
𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 Element different carbons as seen in
the equation below
Protons and electrons = atomic number
Neutrons = Mass number – Protons % 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 1 + % 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 2 +[ % 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 3 …
100
Therefore phosphorous has 15 protons,
15 electrons and 16 neutrons.