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What differentiates an isotope of an element from any other atom of that element?
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Isotopes are species of atoms having same atomic no. but different atomic masses.
So an isotope has either lesser or more neutrons than the usual atom of the element ( often called the most abundant isotope).
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What is the number of neutrons in the element sulfur?
The number of neutrons in an atom depends on the isotope. The most common sulfur isotope has 16. The average number of neutrons in an atom of sulfur is about 32.065.
What is in an atom of sulfur?
Sulfur is an element. An atom is the smallest division of an element that remains the same element--any further division of the element divides it into its atomic particles. The most common isotope of a sulphur atom has 16 electrons, 16 protons, and 16 neutrons.
How is the atomic number and mass number different?
The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of any given element. The mass number is the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom of an isotope of an element.
A neutral atom has a mass number of 32 In what group does this element belong?
A neutral atom that is not an isotope with an atomic mass of 32 is sulfur. Sulfur belongs to group XVI.
Why do you think changing the number of neutrons does not create a new element?
Because an element is defined by it's atomic number. Which is defined by the number of protons found in atom. Adding a neutron creates an isotope of an element.
What differentiates an atom from an isotope?
An isotope is an atom of an element. Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons. However, all atoms of the same element have the same number of protons.
How are an atom an element and an isotope different from each other?
An element is a class of substances An atom is the smallest possible piece of an element. An isotope is an electrically charged atom.
An isotope shares the atomic number with its element atom How does it differ from the element atom?
An isotope shares the atomic number with its element atom. How does it differ from the element atom?
What is an Atom of an element that differs in number of neutrons compared with other atoms of same element?
This atom is called isotope.
Atom of same element that differs in numbers of neutrons compared to other atoms of the element?
Isotope
What is an atom of same elements that differs in the number of neutrons compared to other atoms of the element?
the atom is an isotope
What is an atom called when the number of neutron changes?
an isotope of an element
Atom of an element that differs in the number of nuetrons compared with other atoms of the same element?
Is called an Isotope.
Are beryllium atoms identical?
Each atom of an isotope of beryllium (or of another element) is different from the atoms of an other isotope. But all the atoms of an isotope are identical.
How many neutrons make an atom?
That varies depending on the element and the isotope. An element is defined by its number of protons. This is called the "atomic number" of an element.
What is An atom of the same element that differs in number of neutrons compared with other atoms?
An isotope
What is an atom the has a different number of nuetrons than other atoms of the same element?
An isotope.
