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OpenStudy (vera_ewing):

What is the atomic number?

OpenStudy (vera_ewing):

@Kainui is it the number of protons?

OpenStudy (kainui):

Yeah, exactly. Really an atom is the number of protons. If you have 1 proton that's called hydrogen, if you have 6 protons we call that carbon.

OpenStudy (vera_ewing):

Great. Thank you! Can you help me with a few more questions?

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