What is the symbol for an atom containing 20 protons and 22 neutrons?

Answer 1

Got a Periodic Table? Of course you have....

A quick glance tells me that for #Z=20#, we gots the calcium atom. Why, because #Z# is PRECISELY the number of CHARGED, MASSIVE particles present in the nookleos, and this number determines the identity of the element.

And this particular nucleus contains an additional 22 massive particles of ZERO charge....i.e. 22 neutrons. Interactions between protons and neutrons somehow result in the strong nuclear force, an attractive force at nuclear ranges that is strong enuff to overcome the electrostatic force of repulsion between the nuclear protons.... And so we got the isotope #""^42Ca#...the which is UNDER 1% abundant.....

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Answer 2

Cooper Adams

An atom with 20 protons and 22 neutrons is represented by the symbol ^{42}_{20} \text{Ca}.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.