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How do atoms with different atomic numbers differ from each other?
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∙ 16y ago
It is because that they have a different number of protons and neutrons and electrons.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey have a different number of electrons and protons
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Are neon and argon atoms the same?
No. Neon atoms and Argon atoms have different atomic numbers. Which means they have different numbers of protons.
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.
The various atomic weights of the same element are called?
Atoms of the same element with different atomic masses are known as isotopes. Isotopes differ only by the number of neutrons present in the nucleus of the isotopes. The number of protons is the same for all isotopes of an element (because if there were different numbers of protons, then the atoms would not be of the same element).
What atoms with same atomic number but different atomic masses?
Isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons (atomic number) but differ in number of neutrons (hence atomic masses).
What are atoms of the same element but have different sums of protons and neutrons?
The Proton number defines the element, so there cannot be two atoms of the same element with different proton numbers, because they will be, by definition, different elements. Neutron numbers can differ though. When one element has different neutron configurations, these are called Isotopes.
How do atoms woth different atomic numbers differ from each other?
The number of protons is different.
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.
Are neon and argon atoms the same?
No. Neon atoms and Argon atoms have different atomic numbers. Which means they have different numbers of protons.
What does it mean if two atoms are isotopes?
If two atoms are isotopes, it means they have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. Thus, they have the same atomic numbers, but different atomic masses.
A difference in the atomic number of atoms means the atoms are of same or diffierent elements?
Different atomic numbers represent different elements.
What are the atoms called then they have the same atomic number but different mass numbers?
They are called as isotopes in which mass number differ by emmision of radiation
Do some atoms have more or fewer protons than will other atoms of the same element?
No. The atomic number of an element is determined by its number of protons. If two atoms have different numbers of protons, they have different atomic numbers and are different elements.
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.
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.
Can 2 isotopes of the same element differ in the number of neutrons?
YES. The very definition of isotopes are atoms of the same element with the same number of proton (same atomic number) but different numbers of neutrons, therefore different mass numbers.
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.
What would you call atoms having some atomic numbers but different mass numbers?
they are called isotopes.
