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The only thing different with isotopes is the mass. The chemical properties are determined by the number of electrons and thus protons. These do not change with a different isotope.

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Q: Why isotopes of the same element are not considered different elements?
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Where can isotopes be found?

elements are isotopes, when different atoms of the same element have different number of neutrons


What are elements with isotopic atoms?

Elements with isotopic atoms? An isotope is the same form of an element, but with a different number of neutrons. An element with isotopes/"isotopic atoms" is simply an element with isotopes.


What isotopes of uncharded elements have different numbers?

The atomic number of the isotopes of an element is identical; the mass number is different.


Where do the neutrons come from to have an element be considered an isotope?

# Elements are not isotopes, atoms are isotopes of an element. # There are no atoms that are not isotopes, so it's not a matter of being "considered" an isotope or not. # It doesn't matter where the neutrons come from, whatever that means. All atoms are isotopes of some element or other.


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.


How are isotopes different than naturally occurring elements?

Isotopes of an element have different masses because their nuclei have different numbers of neutrons.


How can you tell if elements are isotopes when looking at several nuclear symbols of the same element?

You must check the mass number (A) - its place in the element's symbol (E) is: AE If A is different in the showed elements that means the these are different isotopes.


Atoms of different elements are different because they have different numbers of what type of particle?

Atoms are considered to be of the same element if they have the same number of protons. If their atoms have a different number of NEUTRONS, they are known as ISOTOPES of the same element.


Isotopes of elements?

Uranium has a number of isotopes including U235 and U238, both of which are radioactive


Can alpha and beta decay the parent element and the daughter element can be different isotopes of the same elements?

False.


What is the same about isotopes of the same elements?

The isotopes of the same element have an identical number of protons and electrons; the number of neutrons is different.


What do you call atoms of the same element with different atomic masses?

They are called isotopes. They have different mass nmbers because they have a different number of neutrons.