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Enter the appropriate symbol for an isotope of calcium-42 corresponding to the isotope notation AZX.

Express your answer as a chemical symbol using isotope notation.




40

20Ca

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scme1702

The proton number number of the element stays constant in its isotopes while the mass number changes. So, for this isotope of Calcium:
42Ca20

Ishankahps

Answer is ₂₀⁴²Ca.


In AZX notation

A - Represents the mass number of atom.

Mass number = number of
protons + number of neutrons.
         It is shown at
the above of the left side of the
atom.
         Here it is 42. 

  Z - Represents the atomic number.

Atomic number = number of protons.

It is shown at the bottom line of the left side of the atom.

Here it is 20.
 
  X - Represents the symbol of the atom.
        Here X is Ca.

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