how many neutrons does an atom of silver have?

Answer 1

Which isotope?

The number neutrons is the atomic weight (essentially an integer) of a specific isotope minus the atomic number (the number of protons)

107 Ag (51.8% natural abundance) has 60 neutrons
109 Ag (48.2% natural abundance) has 62 neutrons

there are several radioactive isotopes w/ weights from 103-113...those have low natural abundance, and you can figure out their neutron count on your own.

Answer 2

Mass number of silver = 108
Atomic number of silver = 47
Number of neutrons = 108 - 47 = 61

Answer 3

The number of neutrons will be a function of what specific atom isotope of silver you consider.

The number of neutros will be given by mass of isotope(105,106,107,108,109,111) minus the atomic number of silver (47).

Answer 4

It depends on if it is a Silver ion or if it is just the regualr element silver. If is just the regular element then it has 60 neutrons.

Answer 5

according to the periodic table silver has 60 neutrons but there are different weighs of silver so it depends.
Hope that helped.

Answer 6

The two most stable, and therefore common, isotopes have 60 and 62 neutrons. They occur in roughly equal quantities in nature.

Answer 7

look up its atomic mass orweight & atomic number...
no. of neutrons is the atomic mass (108*, rounded up) minus the atomic number (no. of protons, 47) = 61

* (variable due to isotopes with different atomic masses)

that's the number, or my name's not Long John Aluminium

Answer 8

# neutrons = Atomic weight of isotope - atomic number

so you would first need to find which isotope of Ag you want to analyze.

Answer 9

107Ag(isotop)\ 51.839% \ Ag is stable with 60 neutrons

109Ag(isotop)\ 48.161% \ Ag is stable with 62 neutrons

for more pl. refer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver

Answer 10

61, unless you are talking about some isotope.
Now, how did I derive that figure?