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The isotopes of the same element has the same atomic number. But the mass number (Atomic Mass) is different.

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Are all atoms of a given element identical to one another and different from atoms of other elements?

No. Some may have different numbers of neutrons. Atoms of the same element (atoms with the same number of protons in the nucleus) may have different numbers of neutrons, and so will have different masses. As an example, chlorine is a mixture of different isotopes with some of the atoms having different neutrons numbers.


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


How do isotopes differ and why is the atomic number of elements not a whole number?

Isotopes differ from each other by having different numbers of neutrons but the same number of protons since they are only the same element if they have the same number of protons. Atomic numbers aren't whole because their mass is based of the mass of hydrogen and amu's (atomic mass units) and due to how elements are formed, minute amounts of mass are lost in order to form the nuclear bonds resulting in not whole numbers.


What happens where two elements have the same atomic number?

When two elements have the same atomic number, it means they are isotopes of each other. Isotopes have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. This results in subtle differences in their atomic mass and stability.


Which term describes atoms with different atomic masses due to varying numbers of neutrons?

Isotopes describe atoms with different atomic masses due to varying numbers of neutrons.

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Isotopes of uncharged elements have different numbers of?

Isotopes differ in the number of neutrons they possess.


Isotopes of uncharged elements have different numbers of which of these?

Isotopes of an element have nuclei with the same number of protons (the same atomic number) but different numbers of neutrons Neutrons (:


What isotopes of uncharded elements have different numbers?

The atomic number of the isotopes of an element is identical; the mass number is different.


What do elements of isotopes have differently?

Because of the difference in mass number. Isotopes must have different numbers of neutrons.


How are isotopes and elements different?

They have different numbers of neutrons, which changes the atomic mass and nuclear properties.


Isotopes of elements?

Isotopes of elements are atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. This causes isotopes of the same element to have different atomic masses. Isotopes can be stable or unstable, with unstable isotopes undergoing radioactive decay.


Form of an element having different atomic and number of neutrons?

Isotopes have different numbers of electrons, but not different atomic numbers (numbers of protons) or they'd be different elements.


How are isotopes different than naturally occurring elements?

Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons, while naturally occurring elements refer to all atoms of a particular element found in nature. Isotopes have the same number of protons but different atomic masses, whereas naturally occurring elements have consistent atomic masses based on the average of all isotopes present.


Does an elements composition vary?

It can if isotopes are present. They can contain different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus.


Do Isotopes of uranium have different atomic numbers?

No. By definition isotopes of an element have the same number of protons (that is what makes them uranium, for example) but different numbers of neutrons (neutral particules in the nucleus which provide mass).


How the elements of isotopes are alike and how they are different?

Elements can exist in the form of different isotopes. Isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons in their nuclei but have different numbers of neutrons. The first gives them the same atomic number and chemical properties while the second gives them different atomic weights.


Two atoms of same elements with different masses?

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