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What if 3 atoms have the same atomic numbers but different mass numbers?
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Does an isotope of an element have a different atomic mass?
Yes; isotopes of the same element have the same atomic number but differ in their atomic masses.
Do atoms of the same number have a different mass number?
Atoms of the same atomic number (= number of protons in each nucleus) can have different mass numbers because of containing different numbers of neutrons in each atom.
Atomic mass is an atoms number of what?
it depends because isotopes have different nucleon numbers but their atomic number stays the same.
What is an element that has the same atomic number but different mass numbers?
If a sample of an element contains atoms of different mass numbers, the name of the element followed by a hyphen and the mass number is the name of an isotope of the element.
Why can an atom have more then one mass number but only one atomic number?
First of all, an atom can not literally have either more than one mass number or more than one atomic number. Different atoms of the same element can have different mass numbers but the same atomic number because the atomic number is the defining characteristic of an element, but many elements have isotopes that have different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei and therefore different mass numbers: Mass numbers are the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
Do isotopes have the same atomic number and different mass numbers?
Yes. Isotopes have the same atomic number because all of their atoms have the same number of protons. They have different mass numbers because their atoms have different numbers of neutrons, and mass number is the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons.
How can different atoms of the same element have the same atomic number but can have different mass numbers?
They have different numbers of neutrons.
Does an isotope of an element have a different atomic mass?
Yes; isotopes of the same element have the same atomic number but differ in their atomic masses.
What would you call atoms having some atomic numbers but different mass numbers?
they are called isotopes.
What is it called when atoms of the same element that have a different atomic weight?
Atoms with the same atomic number (number of protons), but different mass numbers (i.e. different mass) are called isotopes. The difference in mass is due to different numbers of neutrons. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope
Do atoms of the same number have a different mass number?
Atoms of the same atomic number (= number of protons in each nucleus) can have different mass numbers because of containing different numbers of neutrons in each atom.
Atoms that have the same atomic numbers but different atomic weights are called what?
If they have the same atomic number but different mass, then they have a different number of neutrons, and they are called ISOTOPES.
Atoms of the same element with different atomic masses?
what is an atom of the same element with different mass numbers
Atomic mass is an atoms number of what?
it depends because isotopes have different nucleon numbers but their atomic number stays the same.
What will always be different in the isotops of atoms?
Atomic Mass
What is an element that has the same atomic number but different mass numbers?
If a sample of an element contains atoms of different mass numbers, the name of the element followed by a hyphen and the mass number is the name of an isotope of the element.
Why can an atom have more then one mass number but only one atomic number?
First of all, an atom can not literally have either more than one mass number or more than one atomic number. Different atoms of the same element can have different mass numbers but the same atomic number because the atomic number is the defining characteristic of an element, but many elements have isotopes that have different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei and therefore different mass numbers: Mass numbers are the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
