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If you're given an element in nuclear notation and asked to find the protons, neutrons, and electrons, you can do this pretty simply.
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So, let's look at this one we've got here as an example.
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Lead with a mass number of 207 and an atomic number of 82.
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So first, your protons and your electrons are the easiest, so let's fill those in first.
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Your atomic number here is actually the number of protons.
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In that nucleus.
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Protons are 82.
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And because atoms, unless they are noted to be ions, are always, always neutral, what you can assume here is that your electrons are equal to your protons, because one proton has one positive charge, one electron has one negative charge.
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So we have to have one of each to remain neutral...