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A beam of electrons is passing close to a highly negatively charged plate. When the electrons pass close to the plate, they are deflected away from the plate.
a) What deflection would you expect, if any, when the experiment is repeated with beams of i) protons and ii) neutrons? Explain your answers
b) Which subatomic particle (electron, proton or neutron) would deviate the most? Explain your answer.

Important Questions on Atomic Structure
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Using the information given in table deduce the number of electrons and neutrons in a neutral atom of vanadium.
Atom | Mass number | Proton number |
Vanadium | 51 | 23 |

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Using the information given in table deduce the number of electrons and neutrons in a neutral atom of strontium.
Atom | Mass number | Proton number |
strontium | 88 | 38 |

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Using the information given in table deduce the number of electrons and neutrons in a neutral atom of phosphorous.
Atom | Mass number | Proton number |
phosphorous | 31 | 15 |

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With the help of periodic table write the isotopic symbols for the following neutral atoms:
a) bromine-81
b) calcium-44
c) iron-58
d) palladium-110

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Deduce the number of electrons in .

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Deduce the number of electrons in .

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Deduce the number of electrons in .

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Deduce the number of electrons in .
