Aparticular atom has 58 protons and 82 neutrons. what are the atomic number, mass number, and periodic table symbol of this isotope?

Atomic number: 58

Mass number: 140

Periodic table symbol: Ce

Explanation:

Remember that the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons and that is what determines what element is each atom, so for example the Atomic number will be determined by the number of protons or electrons, since in the example it has 58, that would be the atomic number, the mass number is the sum of the protons and the neutrons, in this cas it would be 28+82=140, and the periodic table symbol for the element with 58 as the atomic number is Ce and its called Cerium.

it is to be noted that an alpha particle is an helium nucleus. so it contains 2 protons 2 neutrons and has a mass number of 4. when alpha decay particles are ejected from the nucleus it gets transformed into an atom which has atomic number less than 2 and a mass number less than 4.

an equation that could represent alpha decay is radium 226 decay of alpha particle forms radon 222.

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