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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The atomic number of an element is the total number of which particles in the nucleus?

OpenStudy (aaronq):

protons

OpenStudy (anonymous):

aaronq is right, the atomic number or "proton number" is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.

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