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An element will always have the same number of protons. The atomic number(Z) is the number of protons. For example, if you told that an element has 8 protons, all you have to do is look at the Periodic Table for the element that has atomic number 8. In this case it would be Oxygen, with symbol (O).

However, they might have different number of electrons and neutrons.

When they have an electric charge they are called ions. You can calculate the ion charge with this formula:

Ion charge = # of protons - # of electrons


When they have different number of neutrons they are called isotopes. You can calculate the mass number(A) with this formula:

Mass number(A): #of protons + # of neutrons

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