Consider the atom with the chemical symbol Ru. What would be the mass number for an atom of Ru which has 54 neutrons?

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Consider the atom with the chemical symbol Ru.
What would be the mass number for an atom of Ru which has 54
neutrons?
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the atom with the chemical symbol Ru. What would be the mass number for an atom of Ru which has 54 neutrons?
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Mass number is  the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus of an atom..

Given element is Ru, which has atomic number  44 .

And we know,  atomic number is number  of electrons  present in that atom.

And number electrons are always equal to number of protons.

 

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