what-is-the-atomic-number-atomic-mass-and-number-of-neutrons-of-oxygen
Considering an oxygen atom;
= 8 = 16Number of neutrons= 8
Atomic number represents number of electrons and number of protons of an atoms(both are equal in amount)….Mass number is thesum of(combined) protons and neutrons.So number of neutrons of an atom = mass number- atomic number.
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