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What do we call this number which is characteristic of a particular element ?

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the number which is characteristic of a perticular element is called atomic number. every element has diffrent and specific atomic number i.e. two diffrent elements don't have same atomic number.
Atomic number is directly related to number of protons i.e. sodium have 11 protons then atomic number of sodium is 11.

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