Zn
Transition metal
Zinc
Z 30A 65mass 65.38
Atomic model
tap a particleEvery nucleon is drawn individually — 30 protons and 35 neutrons packed into the nucleus, with 30 electrons on shells outside.
30+1
Protons
Set the element — change this and it becomes a different atom.
350
Neutrons
Change only these and you get a different isotope of the same element.
30−1
Electrons
Sit outside the nucleus and decide the chemistry, not the element.
Element data
- Nucleons
- 65 (30 p + 35 n)
- Electron shells
- 2 · 8 · 18 · 2
- Valence shell
- 2 electrons
- Atomic mass
- 65.38 u
Stability
Zinc has no measured radioactive isotope in this lab — its nuclei are stable, so decay must be shown as an illustration.
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