How many electrons are there in an atom of sulfur-36?
Sulfur’s atomic number is 16. This means that a sulfur atom has 16 protons and 16 electrons. The ’36’ in ‘Sulfur-36’ means that it has a molar mass of 36. This doesn’t affect the number of electrons because electrons have barely any mass compared to protons and neutrons, the other subatomic particles. Thus, sulfur-36 has 20 neutrons, 16 protons, 16 electrons.
