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title: "How many neutrons does a standard hydrogen atom have in its nucleus?"  
description: "How many neutrons does a standard hydrogen atom have in its nucleus?"  
author: "nitya singh"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39558/how-many-neutrons-does-a-standard-hydrogen-atom-have-in-its-nucleus  
category: "science"  
tags: ["chemistry"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How many neutrons does a standard hydrogen atom have in its nucleus?

How many neutrons does a [standard](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33425/which-are-the-important-standard-objects-in-salesforce) hydrogen [atom](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/168003/configuring-atom-for-python) have in its nucleus?

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## Answers

### Answer by Harsh Srivastava

![How many neutrons does a standard hydrogen atom have in its nucleus?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/07045fc5-d1f8-4c6b-b856-418f631aabed/images/0ec12d75-68c8-46cd-9ca1-f8949662a5a5.png)

The **protium** **isotope**, **1H** (Hydrogen-1), has only the **One (1) nucleon**, positively charged particle in its **nucleus**. **2H** (Hydrogen-2), **deuterium**, has **(2)two nucleons** and **3H (Hydrogen-3)**, tritium **has 3 (three) nucleons** in its nucleus.

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