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Can 2 isotopes of the same element differ in the number of protons?
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∙ 12y ago
An element is defined by the number of protons, so this cannot vary.
Isotopes of a particular element are different in the number of neutrons within the atoms. These isotopes are said to be comparatively "lighter" or "heavier" than other isotopes based on the total of protons and neutrons (Atomic Mass).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes, isotopes, different forms of one element, have the same number of protons in the nucleus (the same atomic number) and the same number of electrons, but a different number of neutrons (the same atomic mass).
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∙ 15y agoyes, an isotope is an atom with a different number of neutrons but the same number of protons and electrons
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∙ 14y agoIsotopes only differ in the number of neutrons. When this happens, the mass of the element changes.
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∙ 12y agoNo, all isotopes of an element have the same number of protons, they have different numbers of neutrons.
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∙ 12y agoisotopes are atoms of same element having eqaul atomic no. but different mass no.
they can't differ in no. of protons
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∙ 7y agoYes, it is true.
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The various atomic weights of the same element are called?
Atoms of the same element with different atomic masses are known as isotopes. Isotopes differ only by the number of neutrons present in the nucleus of the isotopes. The number of protons is the same for all isotopes of an element (because if there were different numbers of protons, then the atoms would not be of the same element).
What atoms with same atomic number but different atomic masses?
Isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons (atomic number) but differ in number of neutrons (hence atomic masses).
Are the Isotopes are atoms of the same element with the same number of protons and?
The isotopes of an element have the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons.
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.
What are element that differ in the number of neutrons known as?
Atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons they contain are known as isotopes.
How does no of protons and neutrons differ in number of the same element?
Isotopes
Two isotopes of the element rubidium differ in their number of protons?
no isotopes of a particular chemical element all have the same number of protons
How much do isotopes that share an element differ in the number?
Isotopes have a different number of neutrons but the number of protons and electrons is the same.
What is atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons but have the same number of protons?
Isotopes.
What is The atom of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons that have the same number of protons?
Isotopes.
Do isotopes differ by number of electrons?
Isotopes differ by the number of protons.
In what ways are isotopes alike?
Isotopes of a given element all have the same number of protons. They differ in their number of neutrons.
Isotopes can have the same what?
Isotopes of an element have the same numbers of protons in the nucleus (and corresponding electrons). It's not so much "can have", as "do have". It's just a different number of neutrons that makes a different isotope.
Isotopes of an element differ in their?
Isotopes must have the same atomic number, which is the number of protons. The atomic mass, which is the total number of protons and neutrons, varies for the different isotopes. so it should have different mass numbers..
Isotopes are forms of the same element that differ in what?
Yes, isotopes of an element are the same element but with different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus and thus different atomic masses.
Neutral atoms of the same element can differ in their number of what?
Neutrons. If the differ in electrons they are not neutral and if they differ in protons then they are no longer the same element as the number of protons determines the name of the element.
Two isotopes of an element have different?
Two isotopes of an element have the same atomic number (number of protons) but have different mass numbers (sum of protons and neutrons). This means that they will differ in the number of neutrons despite being the same element.
