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24 November, 22:01

Oxygen is denoted as 16O *. How many protons and neutrons does an oxygen atom have?

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  1. 24 November, 22:39
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    I believe the oxygen atom has 8 protons and 8 neutrons.
  2. 25 November, 00:03
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    Oxygen has 8 protons. Oxygen-16 isotope has 8 neutrons.

    Number of protons = Number of electrons.

    So it has also 8 electrons.
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