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Of a given element they have the SAME number of PROTONS.

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Chlorine exists as the chloride ion ' Cl^(-)

Chlorine also exists as two isotopes ' Cl-35 & Cl-37 '

So you can have a chloride-35 ion ( 35-Cl^(-) ) and a chloride-37ion ( 37-Cl^(-)).

But of all these different characteristics of chlorine , they ALL have the SAME number of protons at 17.

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