How many neutrons and protons (nucleons) does an atom with
thesymbol
s have?
a. 33
b. 16
c. 49
d. 17
e. none of the above.

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Explanation:

None of the above

The atom with the symbol S is called sulphur Sulphur has atomic number 16 which means that it has 16 protons. Sulphur-32 has 32 nucleons - 16 protons and 16 neutrons.Sulfur is a chemical element  It is  nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature.

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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