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All Isotopes have the same chemical properties because:

* they all have the same electrons in the OUTERMOST shell.

* they all have the same electronic configuration.

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Why do all the isotopes have the same chemical properties?

Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons, which determines their chemical properties. It is the arrangement of electrons, which is determined by the number of protons, that governs an element's chemical behavior. Therefore, isotopes of an element exhibit the same chemical properties.


All isotopes of an element have the same?

chemical properties


How are isotopes tha same and how are they different?

All the isotopes of a chemical element have the same number of protons and electrons but the number of neutrons is different.


Why do all isotpoes of an element have the same chemical properties?

Chemical properties are determined by the electron configuration of an atom, not by its mass. These do not differ in all isotopes of one element, because isotopes have the same number of PROTONS thus the same electron configuration. Only the mass of different isotopes of one element is different by the different number of NEUTRONS.


How are the Isotopes of strontium alike?

They have the same number of protons (and of electrons) and so their chemical properties are the same.


Plus how are all of the isotopes of an element similar?

All the isotopes of a chemical element have the same number of protons and electrons (in a neutral state).


How do the atomic number of the different isotopes an element compare?

The atomic number is the same for the all isotopes of a chemical element.


How are isotopes alike?

Isotopes are exactly same with respect to all the chemical properties but they differ with respect to physical properties.


Why do all isotopes of an element have the sames chemical properties?

All isotopes of the same element have the same chemical properties due to the following reasons: * they all have the same electrons in the OUTERMOST shell. * they all have the same electronic configuration.


Do isotopes have the same A number?

The atomic number is the same for the isotopes of a chemical element.


Why does both isotopes of phosphorus have identical chemical properties?

All isotopes of a substance are chemically the same. It is their physical properties which are different.


Are isotopes related to compounds?

Not directly. Isotopes are different forms of an element having different numbers of neutrons in their nucleus. But as different isotopes have the same chemical properties, they all can form the same compounds which function the same chemically.