<span>The building blocks for lipids are three fatty molecules and one glycerol molecule.They join to form a simple fat, or triglyceride. Proteins building blocks are amino acids. Amino acids are small molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen oxygen, and nitrogen atoms. Nucleic acids building blocks are nucleotides which are connected to form long chains,</span>
The atomic number of an isotope is the number of protons it contains, whereas the mass number is the total mass of the nucleus, which is the combined number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. To find the number of neutrons, you must therefore subtract the atomic number of the isotope from the mass number of the isotope.
<span>In the above example, the atomic number is 8 and the mass number is 18. This isotope is known as O18. The number of neutrons in the isotope is: Mass number - Atomic number = Number of neutrons
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