Absolutely. Atoms with varying neutron numbers are known as isotopes. Hydrogen has three isotopes. The first, most common is plain old hydrogen one. Heavy water is formed from deuterium, or hydrogen 2 (one proton, one neutron). Tritium (H3) is used in exit signs and watch face dials because it is radioactive, decaying by beta particle emission into helium 3.
Carbon 14 is an unstable isotope of carbon 12, with a half life of about 5700 years. Uranium 235 is the isotope of uranium used to produce fissile nuclear weapons.
The number of neutrons differ for each isotope of a chemical element.
All atoms of an element contain the same number of electrons and protons but they can have different numbers of neutrons. Atoms with different numbers of neutrons are isotopes.
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Isotopes, which are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.
No, atoms of the same element have the same number of protons. Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons are called isotopes.
Two different isotopes of an element have different numbers of neutrons. That's what an isotope is. So, no, isotopes of an element can not have the same number of neutrons.
The main difference between isotopes of the same element is the number of neutrons in the nucleus. Isotopes have the same number of protons and electrons but different numbers of neutrons, which affects their atomic mass.
Atoms of the same element can have different numbers of neutrons; the different possible versions of each element are called isotopes. For example, the most common isotope of hydrogen has no neutrons at all; there's also a hydrogen isotope called deuterium, with one neutron, and another, tritium, with two neutrons.
Two atoms of the same element can have different masses if they contain different numbers of neutrons. These are known as isotopes of the element. Isotopes have the same number of protons and electrons, but differing numbers of neutrons, which can slightly alter their atomic mass.
Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. This leads to variations in atomic mass for isotopes of the same element.
Yes, neutral atoms of the same element can differ in the number of neutrons they contain. These are called isotopes, which are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. Isotopes have the same number of protons and electrons, but different numbers of neutrons.