Question

An element's atomic mass tells the number of protons in its nucleus.



True

False

Answer 1

Chemistry - Atoms and Molecules

Answer:

False.

The atomic mass is the total number of protons and neutrons in an element. The atomic number provides the number of protons in a given element.

Know more:

# The number of protons will be equal to the number of neutrons in an atom if  the atom is neutral.

# In such cases, we can find the number of neutrons of an atom from its atomic number.

# We do not consider the mass of an electron as its weight is insignificant.

# The first scientist to discover atomic mass was John Dalton.

# The union of Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys Moseley in the 1910s revealed us about the atomic number.

Answer 2

Answer:

then it is true

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