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P or Phosphorous occurs naturally as 31P and has 16 neutrons. There are two synthetic isotopes which are 32P and 33P which have 17 and 18 neutrons, respectively, but both do not occur naturally in nature and have half-lives of around half a month to a month.

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To find the number of neutrons is an isotope start with the mass number and what?

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How do the mass number and the atomic number of an element different?

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How do you find the ratio of neutrons to protons?

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An isotope of an unknown element has 17 neutrons and a mass number of 32. What is the symbol of this isotope?

To find the symbol of the isotope, we first determine the number of protons by subtracting the number of neutrons from the mass number. Since the mass number is 32 and there are 17 neutrons, the number of protons is 32 - 17 = 15. The element with 15 protons is phosphorus (P). Therefore, the symbol for this isotope is ( \text{P} ) with a mass number of 32, written as ( \text{P-32} ).


What is the average number of neutrons found in the atom gold?

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Which element has 30 neutrons and 15 electrons?

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What is the number of neutrons for Li?

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How do the mass numbers and the atomic numbers of an element differ?

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