Lithium, regardless of its Atomic Mass, has 3 protons.
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An atom with 3 protons and 3 neutrons would be a lithium atom. It is represented as Li-6 in nuclear notation and is an isotope of lithium.
6.941 is the average mass of lithium's isotopes. The majority of lithium (on average about 92.5%) is lithium-7 with 3 protons and 4 neutrons while about 7.5% is lithium-6 with 3 protons and 3 neutrons. A number of other isotopes exist but only in trace amounts.
Lithium has 3 protons.
The isotope of lithium with 3 neutrons is lithium-6. It has 3 protons, 3 electrons, and 3 neutrons in its nucleus. It is one of the two stable isotopes of lithium, along with lithium-7.
No, lithium and sodium do not have the same number of protons. Lithium has 3 protons, while sodium has 11 protons.