total number of electrons in iodine
The mass number for iodine is 131, which is the sum of the protons  and neutrons. Iodine has 53 protons and 53 electrons, if neutral.  To find how many neutrons iodine has s â¦ ubtract 53, the number of  protons from the mass number of 131. This shows that iodine has 78  neutrons.