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27 July, 19:49

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

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  1. 27 July, 19:56
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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.
  2. 27 July, 21:51
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    I believe the oxygen atom has 8 protons and 8 neutrons.
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