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Although chemistry usually teaches us that isotopes only differ in neutron count and not reactivity, this is not actually the case. An illustration of this can best be seen when analysing isotope abundances versus their distance from the beach.
For instance, imagine sea water evaporating. The slightly ligther 1H isotope evaporates faster than the heavier dueterium 2H isotope, hence clouds contain more 1H. As these clouds move inland, the heavier water (2H containing), falls as rain sooner, meaning rain water closer to the sea contains more dueterium.
This same principle can be applied to all the elements, and although, strictly speaking isn't a chemical reaction, more of a physical process, you can see that this principle can be applied in certain reactions. so, yes, isotopes do differ in reactivity.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, they are chemically similar but have the different physical properties.
add. Remember, the isotope is determined by the number of extra neutrons in the nucleus, whereas the chemical behaviour is determined by the number of electrons on the (outer) shells. Which are equal to the (unchanging) number of protons in the nucleus.
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∙ 12y agoNo.
Chemical properties of an element are the ways an element interacts with another element known as chemical bonding. Chemical bonding is governed by the number of electrons in the outermost shell of the elements under consideration, and the number of electrons is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus. Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons in their nucleus. Therefore, isotopes of an element have the same chemical properties because they have the same electron configuration in their shells.
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∙ 11y agoidentical to those of all other isotopes of the same element.
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∙ 11y agoalmost identically. heavier isotopes react a bit slower and lighter isotopes a bit faster.
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∙ 7y agoExcepting isotopes of the first elements from the Periodic Table chemical properties are insignificantly influenced by the number of neutrons in the atomic nucleus.
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∙ 14y agoneutron
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∙ 11y agoNo
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Do isotopes of the same element react the same way?
Chemically isotopes (excepting H,D,T) are identical.
What property of isotopes allows radiotracers to be useful in studying chemical reactions?
Radiotracers have the same chemical properties to the stable isotopes of an element.
How are isotopes the same but different?
Isotopes are different forms of the same element which have different numbers of neutrons in their atomic nuclei. A given element is identified by the number of protons in its nucleus; that's its atomic number. Two different isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons, but each has a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Different isotopes of the same element are chemically the same.
Are isotopes related to compounds?
Not directly. Isotopes are different forms of an element having different numbers of neutrons in their nucleus. But as different isotopes have the same chemical properties, they all can form the same compounds which function the same chemically.
What makes isotopes of the same element chemically alike?
Isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons. They will also have the same number of electrons in a neutral state. Where they differ is in the number of neutrons in the nucleus. The chemical properties of an element are almost entirely determined by its electron structure, since chemical bonds can be understood as the transfer or sharing of electrons. This means isotopes of the same element will behave in the same way chemically. They will form the same chemical compounds and be largely indistinguishable from their isotopic brethren.
Do isotopes of the same element react the same way?
Chemically isotopes (excepting H,D,T) are identical.
What property of isotopes allows radiotracers to be useful in studying chemical reactions?
Radiotracers have the same chemical properties to the stable isotopes of an element.
How are isotopes the same but different?
Isotopes are different forms of the same element which have different numbers of neutrons in their atomic nuclei. A given element is identified by the number of protons in its nucleus; that's its atomic number. Two different isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons, but each has a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Different isotopes of the same element are chemically the same.
Are isotopes related to compounds?
Not directly. Isotopes are different forms of an element having different numbers of neutrons in their nucleus. But as different isotopes have the same chemical properties, they all can form the same compounds which function the same chemically.
What makes isotopes of the same element chemically alike?
Isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons. They will also have the same number of electrons in a neutral state. Where they differ is in the number of neutrons in the nucleus. The chemical properties of an element are almost entirely determined by its electron structure, since chemical bonds can be understood as the transfer or sharing of electrons. This means isotopes of the same element will behave in the same way chemically. They will form the same chemical compounds and be largely indistinguishable from their isotopic brethren.
What is something and atom and isotope have in common?
Isotopes are different forms of the same element which have different numbers of neutrons in their atomic nuclei. A given element is identified by the number of protons in its nucleus; that's its atomic number. Two different isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons, but each has a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Different isotopes of the same element are chemically the same.
Carbon 12 and carbon 13 are different in the number of what?
Neutrons. The number of protons is ALWAYS the same for the same element. Different forms of the same element, called isotopes, differ in the number of neutrons only and will react chemically in exactly the same way.
How are isotopes the same?
How isotopes same as element alike?
What are facts about isotopes of the same element?
Isotopes of the same element have a different number of neutrons.
What Have different isotopes of the same element?
Isotopes of the same element have different numbers of neutrons and mass.
What are different types of the same element called?
If an atom of the same element has the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons, then they are isotopes.
How does an element differ from its isotopes?
Isotopes of the same element have different number of neutrons.
