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The number of protons and neutrons is what determines the mass of an isotope. Even though isotopes of a particular element have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons, which causes their mass to be different.

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What same mass numbers do isotopes have?

Mass numbers of isotopes are different.


What does isotopes have to do with mass numbers?

isotopes of the same element have different mass number


What is the same in isotopes?

isotopes always have the same? mass # & atomic #, or atomic # and atomic weight, or atomic # but different mass #'s


What Have different isotopes of the same element?

Isotopes of the same element have different numbers of neutrons and mass.


When atoms of the same element have different mass numbers they are known as?

isotopes


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


Do isotopes have the same atomic number and the same atomic mass?

No: They have the same atomic number but not the same atomic mass.


What can you say about the basis difference in isotopes?

Isotopes of the same element ONLY differ in mass.


If nuclides with the same atomic number but different mass number are called?

Isotopes


What is the term for atoms of the same element that differ in their mass numbers?

We can find atomic mass and mass number in chemical elements. Atomic mass is about weight of the atom. Mass number is about total of neutrons and protons.


What are atoms with same atomic mass but different atomic numbers called?

Isotopes. The isotope has the same number of protons and electrons as the regular atom, but has more (or sometimes less) neutrons, and therefore its atomic mass is more (or less, depending on whether the neutrons have increased or decreased).


What do two different neutral isotopes of the same element have in common nuclear number atomic mass nuclear mass atomic number?

The atomic number is the same for all isotopes.