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What is the atomic structure of an element that has atomic number of 11 and neutron number of 12.​

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The atomic number refers to the number of protons in the nucleus, it also tells us the number of electrons in the neutral atom since the atom is electrically neutral because the number of protons and electrons are equal.

If an atom has the atomic number 11, then the electrons in the atom are arranged in the shells in the order; 2, 8, 1.

Two electrons are found in the innermost shell, eight electrons are found in the next shell and one electron is found on the outermost shell.

The nucleus of the atom is composed of a total of 23 nucleons; 11 protons and 12 neutrons.

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