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Oxygen and hydrogen atoms combine to form water. If all three nuclei in a water molecule were fused, what element would be produced?
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Each hydrogen atom has an atomic number of 1, which means it has one proton. The oxygen atom has an atomic number of 8, which means it has eight protons. The mass number of oxygen is 16, which means it has eight neutrons. Show more…
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