How are an atom ion and isotope of an element different?

Answer 1

An ion is an element that has lost or gained electrons, "cation - positive charge", "anion - negative charge". Gaining a charge causes the element to be more or less reactive.

An isotope is an element that has lost or gained neutrons. Losing or gaining neutrons does not effect the overall charge, but it does affect the elements stability.

Answer 2

An atom is the smallest indivisible particle of matter, i.e. Something that cannot be divided consisting of protons, electrons and neutrons; protons and neutrons are present in nucleus,while Isotopes of an element have nuclei with the same number of protons and the same atomic number, but different numbers of neutrons. Therefore, isotopes have different mass numbers, which give the total number of nucleons—the number of protons plus neutrons.

Answer 3

an ion is when an element loses or gains one or more electrons.

an isotope is when a element loses or gains one or more neutrons.

when one or more proton(s) is/are gained or lost, it becomes a different element.

Answer 4

• Isotopes are different versions of the same elements due to different numbers of neutrons.

• Isomers are compounds with the same molecular formula but they have different structures formulas.

• Ions are atoms or molecules where the number of electrons do not equal the number of protons.

Answer 5

when 2 element form an ionic bond, which is where the electrons are taken from one element and given to another. when this bond is broken, the electrons don't return to their original element, so the result would positive or negative ions, the positive being with less electrons than protons and the negative being with more electrons. isotopes occur when an atom of an element has less or more neutrons than protons. this doesn't effect the charge of the atom but it makes the nucleus unstable and can cause radiation.

Answer 6

An anion is a negative ion, meaning a neutral atom has gained 1 or more electrons. An isotope is an atom with a different number of neutrons than normal. Isotopes can have more or less neutrons.

Answer 7

isotopes have a different number of neutrons and ions have a different number of electrons