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An isotope of an element is same as the element in that it has the same number of protons.

An isotope of an element is different from the element in that it has a different number of neutrons.

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Isotopes of an element differ from each other in the number of?

Isotopes of the same element differ in the number of neutrons. Isotopes have different physical properties but similar chemical properties.


How do isoptopes of an element differ from each other?

Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. This results in different atomic masses for each isotope. Despite the difference in atomic mass, isotopes of an element have similar chemical properties due to their identical electron configurations.


Are carbon and nitrogen isotopes of each other?

Carbon and nitrogen isotopes are not isotopes of each other. They are different elements with their own set of isotopes. Carbon isotopes include carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14, while nitrogen isotopes include nitrogen-14 and nitrogen-15.


Two atoms have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. What can you conclude about these two atoms?

The atoms are isotopes of each other because they have the same number of protons, making them the same element. The differing number of neutrons results in a difference in atomic mass between the two isotopes.


If an element has three isotopes with unknown natural abundance percentages what other information is needed to find the average atomic mass of the element?

You would need the masses of each isotope and the abundance percentages of at least two of the isotopes. The average atomic mass is calculated by multiplying the mass of each isotope by its abundance, summing these values for all isotopes, and then dividing by 100.

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How do isotopes of the same element similar from each other?

They will have a different number of neutrons.


How are two isotopes of an element similar each other?

The number of protons is the same.


How are two isotopes of an element similar to each other?

The numbers of protons and electrons are identical.


Isotopes of an element differ from each other in the number of?

Isotopes of the same element differ in the number of neutrons. Isotopes have different physical properties but similar chemical properties.


How do isoptopes of an element differ from each other?

Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. This results in different atomic masses for each isotope. Despite the difference in atomic mass, isotopes of an element have similar chemical properties due to their identical electron configurations.


What is it called when an element has a varying number of neutrons?

They are isotopes of each other


All the isotopes of an element have the same number of neutrons?

No they don't have. Isotopes of an element differ in mass from from each other and this is due to the different no. of electrons in their nucleus.


How do two isotopes of an element differ from each other?

They have the same formulas but different organic structures.


Are carbon and nitrogen isotopes of each other?

Carbon and nitrogen isotopes are not isotopes of each other. They are different elements with their own set of isotopes. Carbon isotopes include carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14, while nitrogen isotopes include nitrogen-14 and nitrogen-15.


If an element had three isotopes with known masses what other information is needed to find the average atomic mass of the element?

The abundance percentage of each isotope


What you mean when you say that a particular element consists of several isotopes?

All atoms of the same element contain the same number of protons and electrons, but atoms of a given element may have different numbers of neutrons. Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons are called isotopes. An element has many isotopes--each with a close, but different number of neutrons.


Is oxygen 16 and nitrogen 16 isotopes of each other?

No, they are isotopes with the same atomic mass. But they are isotopes of different elements and so are very different from on another. For example nitrogen-16 and nitrogen-14 are isotopes of the same element.