Here's a color-coded table of the first 20 elements, highlighting
odd-even rule exceptions clearly:
Protons Neutrons Atomic Odd-Even Rule
Element Symbol
(Z) (N) Mass (u) Exception?
Hydrogen H 1 0 1.008 No
Helium He 2 2 4.0026 No
Lithium Li 3 4 6.94 No
Beryllium Be 4 5 9.0122 Yes
Boron B 5 6 10.81 No
Carbon C 6 6 12.011 No
Nitrogen N 7 7 14.007 No
Oxygen O 8 8 15.999 No
Fluorine F 9 10 18.998 No
Neon Ne 10 10 20.180 No
Sodium Na 11 12 22.990 No
Magnesium Mg 12 12 24.305 No
Aluminum Al 13 14 26.982 No
Silicon Si 14 14 28.085 No
Phosphorus P 15 16 30.974 No
Sulfur S 16 16 32.06 No
Chlorine Cl 17 18 35.45 No
Argon Ar 18 22 39.948 Yes
Potassium K 19 20 39.098 No
Calcium Ca 20 20 40.078 No
✅ Highlights:
Beryllium (Be) and Argon (Ar) are odd-even exceptions.
All other elements follow the approximate odd-even rule.