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How mass and atomic numbers explain atomic structure (pt 1/2)

We are shown that the atomic number is the number of protons in an atom. We see that the mass number minus the atomic number is the number of neutrons. We complete the atomic structure by explaining that atoms have the same number of protons and electrons. A follow up to this example is given in the second part of the clip.

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