Posted by mark on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 10:41pm.
Look at the atomic number. That equals the number of protons in the nucleus AND the number of electrons in the outside shells.
there should be an equal amount of electrons and protons. The number of protons = the number of electrons.The atomic #
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