Competency #5
Analyze atomic structure in terms of the Bohr model
Learning Objective b
- b. Calculate the number of neutrons for the most common isotope of an element using the periodic table
Question
Write down your answer to the following question:
In 2006, Col. Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB and Federal Security Service (FSB) agent, was poisoned in London with an isotope of polonium ( Po). This isotope has a mass of 210 amu. How many protons and neutrons would be found in this isotope of pulonium?
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