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Atomic number, mass number and isotopes

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Key ideas

  1. Equal numbers of protons and electrons: no overall charge.

  2. Atomic number = protons. Mass number = protons + neutrons.

  3. Isotopes: same protons, different neutrons.

  4. Losing outer electrons makes a positive ion.