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An isotope contains 47 protons, 47 electrons, and 60 neutrons. What is the identity ok the isotope.

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Silver-107 (Ag-107) An isotope of silver
User Gabriel Rohden
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Answer is: the identity of the isotope is silver (Ag-107).

p⁺(isotope) = 47; number of protons in isotope.

Z = p⁺; atomic number.

Atomic number is the number of protons, which is characteristic of a chemical element, silver is an element with atomic number 47.

n°(isotope) = 60; number of neutrons in isotope.

A = p⁺ + n°; mass number is the total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus.

A = 47 + 60.

A = 107.

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