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How many protons electrons and neutrons respectively does 29 CS have

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55 \; \text{e}^(-),
55 \; \text{p}^(+), and
74 \; \text{n}^(0)- in case cesium-129 is what you were referring to.

Cesium has atomic number
55 as seen on a modern periodic table. A cesium atom nucleus would thus contain an equal number of protons; in addition to that, a neutral atom of cesium would contain the same number of electrons in its electron cloud.

For a particular isotope,


\text{Mass number} = \text{Number of protons per nuclei} + \text{Number of Neutrons per nuclei}.

This isotope of cesium has a mass number of
129 and contains
55 protons in each atomic nucleus. One cesium nuclei would therefore contain
129 - 55 = 74 neutrons.

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