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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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All isotopes of an element have a different number of

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The atom contains three types of subatomic particles, proton, neutron and electron. The protons and neutrons are situated in the nucleus and electrons are circulating around the nucleus. The proton has a positive charge and the neutron has a negative charge. The neutron has a neutral particle.

In a neutral atom, the number of protons and the number of neutrons are equal but the number of neutrons may be the same or different.

The number of protons in the nucleus of the atom is called the atomic number.

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