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Interpretation: Similarities and differences in two isotopes of the same element needs to be explained.
Concept Introduction: Every matter is made of chemicals; the importance of chemistry is that it's the study of everything. Chemistry is all about how something interacts to affect the structure, composition, as well as knowing properties of substances.
Answer to Problem 7RQ
According to the definition of isotopes:
Atomic number will be same.- Number of protonswill be same.
- Number of neutronswill be different.
- Number of electronswill be same.
- Element symbolwill be different.
Explanation of Solution
Protons are defined as a positively charged
An atom has a nucleus with a positive charge due to its protons and has electrons in the space surrounding the nucleus at relatively large distance from it. Isotopes are atoms of same element with different neutrons. Isotopes of an element will have different masses and number of neutrons and also, it has same number of electrons, protons.
In two isotopes, Atomic number, number of protons, number of electrons will be same but number of neutrons, symbol and mass number will be different.
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