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For two isotopes to be of the same element it has to have the same atomic number and a different mass number. This means 3116X and 3216X are the same element.
They are the symbols for the elements . Often they are some of the letters of the English name.For example, Si means Silicon. Silver cannot be Si as well. Therefore, we use the Latin translation, Argentium, to create Ag.
One or two letters are used to represent the name of each element.
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The chemical symbol is one or two letters that represent an element.
umm there are 14
i think you forgot to write down the symbols. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_potassium there is a table which shows how to write down the isotope
The two notations represent atoms that are isotopes of the same element is 121 Sn and 119 Sn. The atomic mass of an element is defined as the weighted average mass of that elements naturally occurring isotopes.
For two isotopes to be of the same element it has to have the same atomic number and a different mass number. This means 3116X and 3216X are the same element.
you know that two atoms are the same element if they have the same atomic number, aka number of protons in the nucleus.
Yes. If two atoms have the same number of protons then by definition they are the same element.
They would have to be atoms of the same element, and the same isotope of that element.
Answer this question… The number of neutrons
Yes. The number of protons defines the element.
No. An atom is the basic unit of an element that retains all the properties of that element. So two elements can not have the same atom.
protons and electrons