How many neutrons are in $^{239} P u$ $""^239 Pu$ ?

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How many neutrons are in $^{239} P u$ $""^239 Pu$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-04T08:58:54

There are $145$ $145$ neutrons in the $^{239} P u$ $""^239Pu$ nucleus.

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You specified elemental plutonium. Thus we know for a fact that $Z$ $Z$ $=$ $=$ $94$ $94$ . Since we have the mass number specified by the isotope notation, there are $239 - 94$ $239-94$ massive, neutral particles in the plutonium nucleus.

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