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An element with the same number of protons and electrons as another atom of the element but with a different number of neutrons?
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∙ 12y ago
For the most part, yes the quantities of each are different. Light nucleii can have the same number of protons and neutrons and be stable enough to stay the same element (deuterium = 2H, 4He, 6Li , 10B, 12C, 14N, 16O, 20Ne, 24Mg, 28Si, 32S, 36Ar, 40Ca are stable), but a nucleus of a given element can sometimes have more or less neutrons, and be stable. Tin is the heaviest nucleus that has an isotope where #p = #n, and this isotope is very unstable
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoAn atom's chemical identity is largely determined by the number of protons in its nucleus. If the number of neutrons changes, it is considered an isotope of the parent element.
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∙ 8y agoThese atoms are called isotopes.
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∙ 8y agoThe two are isotopes of the same element.
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∙ 14y agoisotopes
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∙ 12y agoIsotope
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∙ 12y agoIsotope :)
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What do all the elements have in common?
All elements have a specific signature, whereby one element is exactly different from another element.
What makes one element different from another atom based on atomic particles?
One element differs from another element by the number of protons in their atoms. The number of protons in the atom is known as the atomic number. Also one isotope of an element differs from another isotope of the same element by the number of neutrons in their atoms.
Is gold a proton?
Yes it does. All elements have electrons, protons, and neutrons.
What subatomic particles could be changed without changing which element the atom?
You are probably referring to neutrons which are often found within the nucleus of an atom in numbers different from the protons. An atom of the element carbon, for instance, normally consists of 12 protons, 12 electrons and 12 neutrons. However, an isotope of carbon known as C13 consists of 12 protons, 12 electrons and 13 neutrons.
What subatomic particle determines if an element is an isotope or not?
The neutron; the proton determines the element of the atom, but different atoms of the same element can have different atomic masses, due to the different number of neutrons of the atoms. Atoms of same element having same number of protons but different number of neutrons are called Isotopes. Thus, neutron determines the isotope of an atom.
How do two isotopes of an element same from another?
The number of protons and electrons is the same, the number of neutrons is different.
What are two ways in which atoms of different elements are different from one another?
They have different numbers of electrons, protons and neutrons. These small differences can change the element dramatically.
How are the isotopes of an element are alike and how are they different?
The isotopes of an element are alike in that they have the same number of protons, electrons, and the same chemical properties. The isotopes are different in that they have different numbers of neutrons and thus different atomic masses.
Isotopes have the same element but different?
Isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons and electrons, but varied numbers of neutrons.
What do all the elements have in common?
All elements have a specific signature, whereby one element is exactly different from another element.
What effect produced by changing the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom?
What differentiates one element from another (like Hydrogen from Helium) is the number of protons in the nucleus. When protons are added (as happens in nuclear fusion) or subtracted (nuclear fission), the element transmutes into another element. When the number of Protons are changed, both the Electrons and Neutron (numbers) will change too. Protons are paired with electrons. Protons + Electrons = Neutrons, thus reinforcing that both the Electrons and Neutrons will change when the number of Protons has.
How are all isotopes of a single element different?
Isotopes have the same amount of protons but a different amount of neutrons.
Neutral atoms of the same element can differ in their number of what?
Neutrons. If the differ in electrons they are not neutral and if they differ in protons then they are no longer the same element as the number of protons determines the name of the element.
Do all isotopes of an elements have different numbers of electrons?
No. The essence of an isotope is that all isotopes have the same number of protons in the nucleus, and thus the same number of electrons. What varies is the number of neutrons in the nucleus.
What is an isotope?
An isotope is an element with the same number of electrons and protons different number of neutrons.
What subatomic particles will vary in different isotopes of an element neutrons protons electrons or valence shells?
The number of neutrons is variable.
What does isotopes?
All atoms of an element contain the same number of electrons and protons but they can have different numbers of neutrons. Atoms with different numbers of neutrons are isotopes.
