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If you have 20 neutrons you are going to have somewhere in the vicinity of 20 protons. Potassium has 19 protons, so it must be potassium. Note that although protons and neutrons do not have to match (and don't far more often than not), there is no chance of the element being either Na (11 protons) or Rb (37 protons). After you get past the first couple of elements, it is really rare to find an isotope with a neutron to proton ratio much below 1:1 or much past 1.5:1, and the 1.5:1 ratio you see in really big nuclei.

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The elements lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, and cesium are all alkali metals, as is, presumably, francium.

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