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Rus_ich [418]
3 years ago
6

The atomic mass of an element is 32.07 u and its atomic number is 16. The number of protons contained in the nucleus of an atom

of this element is
(A) 16
(B) 31
(C) 32
(D) 48
Chemistry
2 answers:
bulgar [2K]3 years ago
3 0

I THINK IT IS 16 BECAUSE THE ATOMIC NUMBER AND THE NUMBER OF PROTONS ARE THE SAME
HACTEHA [7]3 years ago
3 0
Atomic number = number of electrons = number of protons( by JJ thomson's theory)

Thus, the number of protons is 16
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