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Sodium has a mass number of 23 and atomic number of 11. what is the number of neutrons and electrons in sodium?
Can you help me with something? I need to know the number of neutrons and electrons in sodium.
Sure! Sodium has an atomic number of 11, which means it has 11 electrons. As for the number of neutrons, we can calculate it by subtracting the atomic number from the mass number. So, sodium has 12 neutrons.