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All atoms of an element contain the same number of electrons and protons but they can have different numbers of neutrons. Atoms with different numbers of neutrons are isotopes.
If two atoms are isotopes, it means they have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. Thus, they have the same atomic numbers, but different atomic masses.
Isotopes have different numbers of electrons, but not different atomic numbers (numbers of protons) or they'd be different elements.
An atom does not have to have equal numbers of protons and neutrons.
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Two atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons are called "isotopes".
Atoms of the same element cannot have different numbers of protons. Different numbers of protons mean different elements. An atom with the a different number of neutrons is called an isotope.
Isotopes involve different atomic masses. It is sum of number of protons and neutrons.
The number of protons (and electrons in a neutral atom) is identical. The number of neutrons is different for each isotope.
There are 6 protons in carbon. The weights of the different isotopes are due to different numbers of neutrons.
Same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons.
All atoms of an element contain the same number of electrons and protons but they can have different numbers of neutrons. Atoms with different numbers of neutrons are isotopes.
Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons, but the same number of protons.
Gold has 79 electrons and protons, and 118 neutrons (in the isotope 197Au); other isotopes of gold have different numbers of neutrons.
Mass numbers of isotopes is the sum of the protons and neutrons. If the same element the atoms must have the same number of protons (different protons = different elements) so the mass numbers are different only because they have different numbers of neutrons. Ex: a;; carbon atoms must have 6 protons, most carbon atoms have 6 neutrons also, this they are carbon-12. Some carbon atoms have 8 neutrons so these are carbon-14.
Isotopes of an element have nuclei with the same number of protons (the same atomic number) but different numbers of neutrons Neutrons (: