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If two protons and two neutrons are removed from the nucleus of an oxygen atom, a nucleus of which element remains?
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If two protons and two neutrons are removed from the nucleus of an oxygen atom, a nucleus of which element remains?

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Carbon 12

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When you remove the nucleus from an oxygen atom, almost everything of the base oxygen is essentially stripped away. Since almost everything is made of carbon, and Carbon 12 is one of the most common forms of Carbon, Carbon 12 would be what is left.

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