What’s an Element?
A substance made up of atoms that have the same number of protons in their nucleus.
What’s the symbol for Iron?
Fe
What’s the symbol for sodium?
Na
What are isotopes?
-Atoms with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
-This means they have the same atomic number but different mass numbers.
Number of protons + Number of neutrons = ?
-Mass number of an element
-atomic mass