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What is the term for an atom of the same element that has different atomic masses?
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Atomsof the same element that have different atomic massesare isotopes of one another.
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What are atoms of the same element thay have different atomic masses?
when you have two different forms of an atom with different masses, it's called an isotope of the atom.
Atoms of the same element with different atomic masses?
what is an atom of the same element with different mass numbers
Are two atoms of different elements because they have close but different masses?
An element is made up of only one type of atom. Atoms are only different from each other due to their atomic number - which is the number of protons. Different elements may have different relative atomic masses, but it is the differing number of protons in each atom that determines which element it is.
Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have different atomic masses?
Yes. An element is defined by its atomic number, the number, or the number of protons in its nucleus. When an atom has more or less neutrons it is still the same element, but a different isotope of that element.
What is the name for atoms of an element that have different masses?
An atom or element that have different masses are known as isotopes.
Is it true that every atom of the same element has the same atomic number?
Yes. It is true. An atom with a different atomic number is an atom of a different element.
What differentiates an isotope of an element from any other atom of that element?
Isotopes are species of atoms having same atomic no. but different atomic masses. So an isotope has either lesser or more neutrons than the usual atom of the element ( often called the most abundant isotope).
Different isotopes have different what?
The isotopes of an element must have a different amount of neutrons. I'm pretty sure you know what these are, but just in case: A neutron is a sub-atomic part of an atom, together with protons and electrons.
When the atomic masses of different element are expressed in atomic mass unit they are mostly found to be almost integer multiples of hydrogen atom?
The atomic mass unit is 1/12 from the atomic mass of the isotope 12C.
How are the atomic mass and the atomic number different?
the atomic mass is the number of protons and neutrons in an atom of an element and the atomic number is the number of protons of an atom of an element.
Why the mass number of the same atom of an element is not constant?
Since you have isotopes of elements. Isotopes are elements with different number of neutrons hence why the different atomic masses for the same elements.
Why the atom mass of an element is not a whole number?
in case of some elements which has isotopes the atomic masses are different so the average is taken out which may come in decimals.
