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  • Understanding Hafnium-180: Superscripts and Subscripts in Nuclide Notation
    Hafnium-180

    The nuclide notation for the hafnium isotope with 107 neutrons is ^180Hf. The superscript indicates the mass number, which is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The subscript indicates the atomic number, which is the number of protons. Hafnium has an atomic number of 72, so the isotope with 107 neutrons has a mass number of 180.

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