Chemical reactions involve electrons - not protons or neutrons. All isotopes of the same element have an identical number of electrons (just the number of neutrons differs) and hence the chemical properties are identical/very similar.
Isotopes have or are similar in chemical properties due to two main reasons, they are as follows:
- They obtain to have the same number of electrons in outer most shell (valance electrons).
- They have the same electronic configuration.
Test it out, get isotopes of carbon for example, understand the definition of an isotope and then work out how many electrons in outer most shell (by writing the electronic configuration), it will then be all clear.
The chemical properties of a given atom depend on the electron configuration. Isotopes vary only in the number of neutrons in the nucleus, and the number of neutrons has no effect on the electron configuration. Electrons are only affected by electrically charged particles such as protons, they are not affected by electrically neutral particles such as neutrons.
The chemical properties of an element are determined by the number and configuration of its electrons, which depends on the size of the charge of the atom's nucleus. The charge is determined by the number of protons. Isotopes of a given element differ only in the number of neutrons, which do not have a charge and thus do not affect the electron configuration.
Because all isotopes of the same element have the same atomic number, which is what defines the element and is the greatest contributor to the element's properties.
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All of the isotopes of an element have the same chemical properties because they all have the same number of protons and the same number of electrons in their valence shells.
...electrons.Isotopes contain the same number of protons (hence, the same number of electrons) and electrons are what determine reactivity. 2nd answer : The isotopes have the same chemical properties because the electronic configuration of an element is same there fore isotopes posses the same chemical properties .
Isotopes of the same element differ in the number of neutrons. Isotopes have different physical properties but similar chemical properties.
The isotopes of an element are alike in that they have the same number of protons, electrons, and the same chemical properties. The isotopes are different in that they have different numbers of neutrons and thus different atomic masses.
Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. They do have very similar chemical properties. In fact for most purposes we can consider them identical.
The atomic number is the same for the isotopes of a chemical element.
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The atomic number is the same for the all isotopes of a chemical element.
Different Isotopes of the same element will each exhibit the same Chemical Characteristics.
Chemical properties of a element is governed by ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION of that element. As isotopes of same element have identical electronic configurations, their chemical properties are same.
The identity of a chemical element is given by the number of protons.
All the isotopes of a chemical element have the same number of protons and electrons (in a neutral state).
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Radiotracers have the same chemical properties to the stable isotopes of an element.
All of the isotopes of an element have the same chemical properties because they all have the same number of protons and the same number of electrons in their valence shells.
For two isotopes to be of the same element it has to have the same atomic number and a different mass number. This means 3116X and 3216X are the same element.
...electrons.Isotopes contain the same number of protons (hence, the same number of electrons) and electrons are what determine reactivity. 2nd answer : The isotopes have the same chemical properties because the electronic configuration of an element is same there fore isotopes posses the same chemical properties .