Tritium, an isotope of hydrogen contains:
Correct answer: C. The number of neutrons is double the number of protons
- A. An equal number of electrons and neutrons
- B. An equal number of electrons, protons and neutrons
- C. The number of neutrons is double the number of protons
- D. The number of protons is double the number of neutrons.
Explanation
Tritium is the isotope of hydrogen having mass number 3 and proton number 1. A number of neutrons are mass number-number protons which turn out to be 2. So we can say that the number of neutrons is twice the number of protons.
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