What is the atomic number for an element whose mass number is 152, which contains 88 neutrons per atom?

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What is the atomic number for an element whose mass number is 152, which contains 88 neutrons per atom?

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In case of a neutral atom, the formula to calculate the number of protons is as follows:

Number of protons=Number of electrons=Atomic number

 

In case of a neutral atom, the formula to calculate the mass number is as follows:

Mass number=Number of neutrons+Atomic number=Number of neutrons+Number of electrons=Number of neutrons+Number of protons

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