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A single element can have two different variations. An isotope is a variant caused by a different number of neutrons. An ion is a variation caused by a different number of electrons than the parent atom.

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What is one of at least two possible forms of the same element?

An isotope.


What are the different forms called in an element that has forms with different numbers of neautrons?

Atoms of the same element can have different numbers of neutrons; the different possible versions of each element are called isotopes. For example, the most common isotope of hydrogen has no neutrons at all; there's also a hydrogen isotope called deuterium, with one neutron, and another, tritium, with two neutrons.


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.


Forms of the same element that differ in number of neutrons?

such forms of an elements are known as isotopes.


What are the diffrent forms called in an element that has forms with diffrent numbers of nuetrons?

Isotopes are different forms of an element that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.


How is it possible for two different atoms to have the same atomic mass?

They would have to be atoms of the same element, and the same isotope of that element.


Do ions of the same element have the same number of valence electrons?

Atoms of the same element do, but some ions do not. Iron forms 2+ and 3+ ions


What are the differences in isotopes of the same elements?

Isotopes are forms of the same element that differ in Neutrons.


Different forms of the same element?

Allotropes-different forms of the same element ex. diamond and graphite for carbon different arrangement of the atoms Actually it is diamond, charcoal, and GRAPHITE... Not carbon


Is it possible for atoms of the same chemical element to have different masses?

Yes, different isotopes of the same element have different masses.


Different forms of the same element that have different properties because of different atom arrangements are called?

disserent structural forms of the sme element are called


What is two or more different molecular forms of the same element in the same physical state?

Allotropes are two or more different molecular forms of the same element in the same physical state. Examples include diamond and graphite, which are both allotropes of carbon.