Before we tackle isotopes and neutrons, lets talk about protons. The number of protons in an atom determines the elemental identity of the atom. Only that. Now to the question. Atoms of a given element have a specific number of protons in the nucleus, but can have a modest variety of numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. Let's look at hydrogen. Hydrogen is identified by the fact that there is a single proton in the nucleus. Most hydrogen is just that. But some hydrogen has a neutron stuck to the one proton in the nucleus. This creates another "flavor" of hydrogen. It's another isotope of hydrogen. We have the original isotope of hydrogen (with one proton and no neutron) and the isotope with the one proton and one neutron. Now we look at the last and most unusual isotope of hydrogen. It has the one proton and two neutrons. Hydrogen has three isotopes, and each has the same number of protons (each isotope is hydrogen) and each has a different number of neutrons: zero, one and two. Heavier elements have varying numbers of neutrons in combinations with there protons. This creates a number of different isotopes for each and every element. It is the variable numbers of neutrons that can hang out with the protons in a given element's nucleus that give rise to the different isotopes of that element. Our friends at Wikipedia have some details. A link is provided.
An atom is an electrically stable particle consisting of the smaller particles (subatomic) called electrons, protons and neutrons. An atom can be thought of chemically as a single unit of mass of a specific element (gold, beryllium, lithium, cobalt, etc.). At the center of an atom is the positively charged bulk of it's mass, known as the nucleus. The nucleus is positively charged because it is only made up of (ignoring quarks and gluons) protons and neutrons. Protons having +1 charge, neutrons having 0 charge. The number of protons in an atom's nucleus is what differentiates one element from another, REGARDLESSof the number of neutrons in the nucleus. All of the different nuclei that exist that have the same number of protons, but different number of neutrons, are isotopes of whatever atom is being defined by the number of protons in that nucleus. Some nuclei, for various reasons I won't get into here, aren't stable and will spontaneously release a burst of energy to get themselves down to a lower, more stable energy. That burst of energy released is radiation and it can come in the form of particles being released or electromagnetic energy being released..
An isotope of an element has the same number of electrons as the "normal" element. Isotopes are atoms of an element with different numbers of neutrons in their nucleus than usual. All isotopes of a given element have the same number of electrons (and protons) as a neutral (non-ionized) atom.
they both are related to science whoever needs this is doing their homework plus you can say they both are made up of elements.
An Isotope is a form of a same element that has a different Atomic Mass number. this means that it has more neutrons in it's nucleus.
Isotopes of an element have same number of electrons. They have different number of neutrons.
Isotopes of the same element have a different number of neutrons.
no they are different
They have the same number of protons in the nucleus and same number of electrons surrounding the nucleus.
The chemical properties of an element are determined by the number of electrons, which is determined by the number of protons. Isotopes vary in the number of neutrons in an atom of the same element (same number of protons). Since neutrons do not influence the number of protons or electrons, they do not affect chemical properties.
An atom of an element having the same number of protons (as well as electrons) but a different number of neutrons is known as an isotope. Isotopes are often used in the nuclear power industry. An example of an industry is "heavy water" or Deuterium Oxide. It is water but with and isotope of hydrogen that has 2 extra neutrons. The isotope is called Deuterium, and heavy water is also sometimes known as D2O.
Do you mean what does the number of protons equal? This is the atomic number of the element. All isotopes of an element will have the same number of protons, only the number of neutrons varies.
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.
An isotope is not really related to the number of electrons, but rather it is determined by the number of neutrons.
Isotopes differ by the number of protons.
No, they contain different number of electrons. Isotopes differ in their number of neutrons.
In a neutral atom, the number of electrons equals the number of protons. Isotopes of the same element also have the same number of electrons and the electronic structure.
All neutral atoms of an element, including any of its isotopes, always do have the same number of electrons. The existence of isotopes has nothing to do with the number of electrons in an atom. Instead, the number of neutrons varies between isotopes of the same element. The number of electrons varies from that of a neutral atom only if an ion of the element is formed.
eight electrons
Isotopes have the same number of protons an electrons; the number of neutrons is different.
Yea because isotopes only differ in their # of neutrons, not electrons
No. Isotopes have the same atomic number, protons and electrons. They have different neutrons.
92 electrons - the number of electrons is the same in all the isotopes of uranium. Number of electrons = Number of protons = Atomic number
Isotopes have a different number of neutrons but the number of protons and electrons is the same.
The number of electrons in isotopes is identical.