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The basic difference is a neutron. Most hydrogen has a single proton for a nucleus. Hydrogen-2 has a neutron stuck to the proton, and hydrogen-3 has two neutrons stuck to the proton. Hydrogen-3 is a rare and highly unstable form of the first element.

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If a hydrogen atom has a mass of 3 is it an isotope?

No, a hydrogen atom with a mass of 3 is not an isotope of hydrogen. Hydrogen isotopes include protium (mass 1), deuterium (mass 2), and tritium (mass 3).


Is unium hydrogen?

Yes, it is one of the hydrogen isotopes. This name is sometimes used to distinguish H(1) isotope from H(2) isotope which is commonly called deuterium. The H(3) isotope's name is tritium. Explained: uni = 1 = 1 proton = 0 neutron = mass number (1) = 'normal hydrogen' deutero = 2 = 1 proton = 1 neutron = mass number (2) = 'heavy' hydrogen tri = 3 = 1 proton = 2 neutron = mass number (3)


What is the mass number of hydrogen -1?

The atomic mass of hydrogen is 1.00794 Grams per mol. This is the relative atomic mass because it is a weighted average of all hydrogen isotopes. The relative atomic mass of hydrogen is about 1 because the most common isotope contains only one proton and one electron giving it a mass of roughly one gram per mol. This isotope is the most abundant by far comprising 99.985 percent of all hydrogen. Since then other isotopes(hydrogen-2 and hydrogen-3) make up such a small part of the weighted average it offsets the relative atomic mass of 1 by very little.


How do istopes hydrogen -2 and hydrogen -3 differ?

The hydrogen-2 isotope, sometimes called "deuterium", contains one proton and one neutron in the nucleus of the atom, instead of having only one proton. THis makes it heavier than normal, and is sometimes called "heavy hydrogen". The hydrogen-3 isotope, called "tritium", has one proton and TWO neutrons, and is somewhat radioactive. Tritium has a half-life of 12.3 years, and decays into helium-3.


What of an element are chemically identical but differ in the number of neutrons in the nucleus?

Elements which are chemically identical (have the same number of protons) but different numbers of neutrons are called isotopes.For example, the element H (hydrogen) has three naturally-occurring isotopes:- Protium or H-1, with one proton and no neutrons (the most common form)- Deuterium or H-2, with one proton and one neutron (quite rare)- Tritium or H-3, with one proton and two neutrons (extremely rare)Most elements have one distinctly common isotope. For example, the hydrogen in an ordinary glass of water is nearly 100% H-1, while the oxygen is nearly 100% O-16 (with 8 protons and 8 neutrons). Oxygen does occur naturally with 2 extra neutrons (O-18) and 1 extra neutron (O-17), but these isotopes are quite rare.

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Isotopes of hydrogen differ in what?

Isotopes (of hydrogen) differ in the number of neutrons in the nucleus of the atoms.


How does isotopes hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-2 differ?

Isotopes have different number of neutrons, in the given isotopes, there are 0 and 1 neutrons respectively.


How do isotopes H-3 and H-2 differ?

Hydrogen-1 isotopes have one proton and no neutrons. Hydrogen-2 isotopes have one proton and one neutron.


What isotopes are stable?

Hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-2 isotopes are radioactively stable.


Is this true or false Hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-2 differ in that hydrogen-2 has one neutron hydrogen-1 has none?

Yes it is true. All isotopes differ in the number of neutrons only.


What is isotopes name the isotopes of hydrogen and draw the structure of their atoms?

Isotopes of hydrogen are Hydrogen-1 (protium), ‎Hydrogen-2 (deuterium), ‎and Hydrogen-3 (tritium).


Isotopes of the same element differ in their number of _____.?

neutrons


Hydrogen has how many unstable isotopes?

Hydrogen has 1 unstable isotope, and 2 stable isotopes.


What hydrogen isotopes are stable?

Hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-2 isotopes are radioactively stable.


how is the structure of hydrogen 1 , hydrogen 2 and hydrogen 3 differ from each other?

The isotopes are different because of the different number of neutrons present in them. The isotopes are protium (1H) with zero neutrons, deuterium (2H) with one neutron, and tritium (3H) with two neutrons.


How do the isotopes hydrogen-1 and hydrogen-2 differ?

Hydrogen-1 has no neutrons while Hydrogen-2 has 1 neutronA hydrogen-1 atom (normal hydrogen) has 1 proton and 1 electron whereas a hydrogen-2 atom (deutrium) has 1 proton, 1 NEUTRON and 1 electron.


Each of the three known isotopes of hydrogen has what protons in the nucleus?

Each isotope of hydrogen has 1 proton in the nucleus. The difference between the isotopes lies in the number of neutrons: hydrogen-1 has 0 neutrons, hydrogen-2 (deuterium) has 1 neutron, and hydrogen-3 (tritium) has 2 neutrons.