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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you determine the element ,if not given, to get the isotype symbol. The number of protons i have is 5 and the mass number is 11, the other is 9 protons and 16 as the mass number.

OpenStudy (wolfe8):

Isotopes have the same proton number so look in the periodic table for the element with that proton number. You then get the symbol.

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