Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________

Atomic Notation Worksheet

Fill in the blank cells on the following table. You may need to determine the name of the element, the
symbol, atomic number, mass number, or the number of SAPs. Remember the following:

1. Atomic number = # of p+ = # of e- (in a neutral atom)

2. Mass number = p+ + n
3. Neutrons = mass number – p+
4. Protons = mass number – n

Element Symbol Atomic Mass # # of p+ # of n # of e-

#

hydrogen H

fluorine 9 19

sulfur 16 17

16 34

36 29

29 34

6 14

14 7

15 7

Uranium 238

234 92

2 2

2 1
1. Give the symbol and number of protons in one atom of:

Lithium __________________ Bromine __________________ Iron __________________

Copper __________________ Oxygen __________________ Mercury ________________

Krypton __________________ Helium __________________ Tin ____________________

2. Give the symbol and number of electrons in a neutral atom of:

Uranium __________________ Chlorine __________________ Boron __________________

Iodine __________________ Antimony ________________ Xenon _________________

3. Give the symbol and number of neutrons in one atom of the element below. To get “mass number” you must
round the “atomic mass” to the nearest whole number. Show your calculations.

Barium __________________ Bismuth __________________ Carbon ________________

Hydrogen ________________ Fluorine __________________ Magnesium _____________

Europium __________________ Mercury __________________ Radium ________________

4. Name the element which has the following numbers of particles:

a. 26 electrons, 29 neutrons, 26 protons _____________________

b. 53 protons, 74 neutrons _____________________

c. 2 electrons (neutral atoms) _____________________

d. 20 protons _____________________

e. 86 electrons, 125 neutrons, 82 protons (charged atom) _____________________

f. 0 neutrons _____________________

5. If you know only the following information can you always determine what the element is? Yes or No.

a. number of protons ___________ b. number of neutrons___________

c. number of electrons in a neutral atom___________ d. number of electrons___________