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Protons and neutrons are found in the nucleus and are roughly the same size as each other
The number of protons for any given element and is equal to the number of electrons. This is called the atomic number. 
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<li>the atomic number is uniquely characteristic of any given element, and there are no gaps in the list of atomic numbers.</li>
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Neutrons carry no charge and play no role in chemical reactions
The protons, neutrons and electrons in any given element are identical to those in every other element. 
<ul>
<li>that is, a gold proton is the same as an iron proton. The only thing that makes a gold atom gold and an iron atom iron is the number of protons and electrons it has</li>
</ul>
In chemical reactions, only electrons are detached or exchanged
<ul>
<li>that’s the difference between chemical reactions and nuclear reactions. Nuclear reactions involve breaking the forces of attraction within a nucleus</li>
</ul>
Electrons have a negligible mass, so the total mass of an atom (its mass number) is equal to the combined number of protons and neutrons
<ul>
<li>the atomic mass is usually more than double the atomic number, since usually an element has more neutrons than protons in a nucleus.
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<li>ex. The atomic number of fluorine is 9 and it’s mass number is 19, allowing us to deduce that it has 9 protons and 10 neutrons</li>
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</li>
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<li><a href="/notes/lyjai8xnibbz1h56yffseuw">Isotopes</a></li>
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Atoms

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Welcome to my Second Brain! Here you'll find thoughts, lessons, facts and any other interesting musings that I've come across or thought up over the years. A lot of what I have gathered is originally from the minds of others, while some of it originates from myself. Some notes may contain misinformation, though I try to be rigorous with my additions.

What I have here does not necessarily reflect my thoughts and views. I collect information not based upon whether I agree with it or not, but rather when I determine it to contain some value that can be served in the future.  

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This Dendron notebook is the sister vault to the tech-focused [Digital Garden](https://tech.kyletycholiz.com)

## Tags
Throughout the Second Brain, I have made use of tags, which give semantic meaning to the pieces of information.

- `ex.` - Denotes an *example* of the preceding piece of information
- `spec:` - Specifies that the preceding information has some degree of *speculation* to it, and may not be 100% factual. Ideally this gets clarified over time as my understanding develops. I try to go back after I have better understood the topic and clear out the notes of `spec:` tags
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## Resources
### UE (Unexamined) Resources
Often, I come across sources of information that I believe to be high-quality. They may be recommendations or found in some other way. No matter their origin, I may be in a position where I don't have the time to fully examine them (and properly extract notes), or I may not require the information at that moment in time. In cases like these, I will add reference to a section of the note called **UE Resources**. The idea is that in the future when I am ready to examine them, I have a list of resources that I can start with. This is an alternative approach to compiling browser bookmarks, which I've found can quickly become untenable.

### E (Examined) Resources
Once a resource has been thoroughly examined and has been mined for notes, it will be moved from *UE Resources* to *E Resources*. This is to indicate that (in my own estimation), there is nothing more to be gained from the resource that is not already in the note.

### Resources
This heading is for inexhaustible resources. 
- A prime example would be a quality website that continually posts articles- another example would be a tool, such as software that measures frequencies in a room to help acoustically treat it.
