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The atomic weight determines the isotope, which is determine by the number of neutrons.
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Is it possible to determine which particular atom of an isotope will decay if you know the half-life of the isotope?
Yes, unless there are twoisotopescoincidentallyhavingthe equal half lives.
Which particle is used to identify isotopes of an element?
An element alwys has the same number of electrons and protons no matter what the isotope - so the answer is the neutrons determine the isotope.
How would you distinguish an isotope from a neutral element?
1. An atom is neutral because hasn't an electrical charge. 2. An ion has an electrical charge, positive or negative.
What determines the different isotopes from an atom?
The name of the element and the mass number (number of protons + neutrons) it is written e.g Uranium-235 or symbolically 235U
Which measurement would help determine absolute dates by radiometric means?
the accumulation of the daughter isotope and the loss of parent isotopes
Do neutrons determine the conductivity of the atom?
no, but they determine if it is an isotope or not
Is it possible to determine which particular atom of an isotope will decay if you know the half-life of the isotope?
Yes, unless there are twoisotopescoincidentallyhavingthe equal half lives.
How isotope dilution is used to determine blood volumes in living animals?
Isotope dilution is used to determine blood volumes in living animals by predicting their isotope numbers. An example is the radioactive isotopes have a 1/2 life and that would mean it goes down by half each time.
Which particle is used to identify isotopes of an element?
An element alwys has the same number of electrons and protons no matter what the isotope - so the answer is the neutrons determine the isotope.
Why need to know the percentage of each isotope of an element to determine the atomic mass?
Because each isotope of an element has a mass different from any other isotope of the same element, and the atomic mass of an element is an average, weighted by the proportion of each isotope, in the naturally occurring element.
Determine the amount of time it takes for three fourths of a radioactive sample of an isotope of bromine to decay the half-life of the isotope is 16.5 hours?
About 33 hours
How would you distinguish an isotope from a neutral element?
1. An atom is neutral because hasn't an electrical charge. 2. An ion has an electrical charge, positive or negative.
Scientists determine whether the atoms are formed are a new element or a new isotope or a element?
because they are mad
How can you determine which isotope of a given atom is the most common?
round the atomic weight to the nearest whole number.
What determines the different isotopes from an atom?
The name of the element and the mass number (number of protons + neutrons) it is written e.g Uranium-235 or symbolically 235U
How do you determine the mass of atom using mass spectrometer?
Actually in mass spectrometer the isotopes of an element are separated by applying magnetic field.Each isotope is then compared with carbon-12 to get the atomic mass of that isotope.
Why must you know both how many protons and how many neutrons an element has in order to fully identify it?
The number of protons determine what element it is, the number of neutrons determine what isotope it is.
