Essential Chemistry for IGCSE - Atoms, Elements And Compounds (Section 4 - No. 17)
What is the relationship between the atomic number and the number of protons?
Atomic number is always greater than the number of protons.
Atomic number is always less than the number of protons.
Atomic number is equal to the number of protons.
They are unrelated.
Explanation
The atomic number of an element equals the number of protons in the nucleus.
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