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an isotope is a triangle with 2 equal sides silly goose!

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Q: What distinguishes an isotope from a regular element?
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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.


What is the differences between isotope and element?

Regular elements contain regular neutron number and the same number of protons and neutrons. Isotopes have different neutron numbers than the original element, but the same number of protons and electrons.


What is an atom called when the number of neutron changes?

an isotope of an element


How are isotops different from regular elements?

Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. Some elements have more than one isotope and some don't. The isotopes of an element are chemically identical, they just differ in mass. There is nothing special about any particular isotope, elements with them are just as 'regular' as the few which don't.


What element has the atomic mass of 22?

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What best describes a radioisotope?

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What is an isotope of the element with 20 protons and 20 neutrons?

Yes, the isotope potassium-39 has 20 neutrons.


An isotope shares the atomic number with its element atom How does it differ from the element atom?

An isotope shares the atomic number with its element atom. How does it differ from the element atom?


What distinguishes the atom of one element from the atom another element?

the number of protons


What does the isotope of an element have?

An isotope of an element has a different number of Neutrons to the original element it came from. EG: Carbon( 11 neurtons) can go to carbon(12 Neutrons(


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