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Structure of the Atom

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Find out the mass number of sulphur atom.
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The mass number of an atom is the sum of its number of proton and neutron. The number of protons are equal to number of protons. Therefore, in sulphur atom the number of protons is 16 so is the number of neutron. Therefore, the mass number of oxygen will be 32.
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