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How are isotopes alike?
Isotopes are exactly same with respect to all the chemical properties but they differ with respect to physical properties.
What is the relationship between atoms ad isotopes?
A natural chemical element may be monoisotopic or has isotopes. Isotopes are atoms but they differ from other isotopes by the number of neutrons. This involve a different atomic mass and different physical properties or sometimes (for light isotopes) different chemical properties. Also, all chemical elements have radioactive, artificial isotopes.
Why do all isotopes of an element have the same cheimcal properties?
The chemical properties of an element depend on its electron configuration, which is in turn determined by the number of protons. Isotopes of an element differ in the number of neutrons, which, being neutral, have not influence on chemical properties.
Why do all isotpoes of an element have the same chemical properties?
Chemical properties are determined by the electron configuration of an atom, not by its mass. These do not differ in all isotopes of one element, because isotopes have the same number of PROTONS thus the same electron configuration. Only the mass of different isotopes of one element is different by the different number of NEUTRONS.
How are strontium isotopes similar?
Strontium isotopes have the same number of protons in the nucleus, which determines its chemical properties. They differ in the number of neutrons, leading to different atomic weights and radioactive properties. Isotopes of strontium can be used for dating rocks or studying environmental processes.
Isotopes of an element differ from each other in the number of?
Isotopes of the same element differ in the number of neutrons. Isotopes have different physical properties but similar chemical properties.
5. How do isotopes differ from one another and from the element atoms on the periodic table?
Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. This results in variations in atomic mass for isotopes. The element atoms on the periodic table represent the average mass of all its naturally occurring isotopes.
Why the two isotopes of chlorine is not differ in chemical reactions?
The two isotopes of chlorine, chlorine-35 and chlorine-37, have the same number of protons but differ in the number of neutrons. This results in the same electronic structure and chemical properties, as chemical reactions primarily involve the interaction of electrons. Since the isotopes behave identically in terms of electron configuration, they do not differ in their chemical reactivity. Therefore, they participate in chemical reactions in the same way.
How do isotopes of a given element differ How are they similar?
Isotopes have same number of electrons, same atomic no. but different mass no. They are from the same element like isotopes of carbon. They are not having same number of neutrons. They show same electronic configuration.
How do the isotopes of an atom differ?
Isotopes of an atom have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. This causes isotopes to have different atomic masses. The chemical properties of isotopes are usually identical, but physical properties such as nuclear stability and radioactive decay can vary.
Do isotopes with the same elements have the same physical properties?
The physical properties are of course different. The chemical properties are considered identical but this is not a general rule; for example hydrogen isotopes (1H and 2H) have some different chemical and biochemical properties.
How are 2 isotopes of an element similar?
Their atoms have the same number of protons and electrons and therefore have the same chemical properties. However, the atoms do differ in the number of neutrons and so their physical properties are slightly different.
