Subatomic Particles of an Atom and Modeling an Atom

Atoms are the building blocks of matter. They are composed of subatomic particles.
There are 3 subatomic particles:
Subatomic particle Charge Location Symbol
! Proton Positi"e #ucleus p$
%! &lectron #egati"e Shells 'orbitals! e(
3! #eutrons #o charge 'neutral!#ucleus n
Atoms are arranged )ith the #ucleus in the center. *nside the #ucleus are the Protons
and the #eutrons. Surrounding the #ucleus are shells+ they are also called orbitals. The
elements )e )ill be discussing )ill ha"e up to 3 shells. The electrons are located in the
shells. &ach layer of shells likes to ha"e a specific number of electrons.
Shell ( ,S- ma.imum % electrons
Shell %( ,S%- ma.imum / electrons
Shell 3( ,S3- ma.imum / electrons
Making an atomic model
0 Protons 1 Atomic number
0 &lectrons 1 Atomic number
0 #eutrons 1 Atomic mass ( Atomic number

Atomic 0 &lement Atomic
mass
Protons #eutrons &lectrons S S% S3
2 Carbon % 2 2 2 % 3 4
5ydrogen
/ 6.ygen 2
7 #itrogen 3
8 Phosphorus 3
2 Sulfur 3%
S
S%
S3
#ucleus