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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Assignments of exchangeable protons are shown.
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At this point it must seem paradoxical that atomic nuclei containing several closely packed protons exist at all.
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Is his identity dependent upon the particular choice of electrons, protons, and other particles that compose those atoms?
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Quarks are thought to be the fundamental particles from which matter, such as protons, is built.
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The mass of the proton is 1836 times that of an electron, yet their electrical charges equate.
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The nucleus has two protons and two neutrons.
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The number of protons remains the same, even though electrons may be lost or gained.
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This incredibly dense, hot soup of protons and electrons is called fluid metallic hydrogen.