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What is the same for all isotopes of an element?
Isotopes of any given element all contain the same number of protons, so they have the same atomic number (for example, the atomic number of helium is always 2). Isotopes of a given element contain different numbers of neutrons, therefore, different isotopes have different mass numbers.
Do all isotopes of the same element have in common?
All isotopes of the same element will have the number of protons found in their nuclei in common.
Can isotopes form ions?
An ion is an atom that has had electrons added or removed to give an overall electric charge. It is therefore obvious that any isotope of an element can be ionised, as the number of neutrons has no effect on the electronic structure of the atom.
How are isotopes related to ions?
Isotopes are atoms that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. An ion is an atom or molecule with a positive or negative charge. A cation is an ion with a positive charge.
How are ions and isotopes the same different?
Isotopes differ in the number of neutrons; in ions the number of electrons is different from the number of protons. Isotopes are atoms that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. Ions are atoms that have either gained or lost electrons.
In what way do isotopes differ from each other?
An isotope is a different form of the same element. They differ from each other by the number of neutrons, however they have the same number of protons and electrons. This results in a different atomic mass.
How do you determine isotopes?
Isotopes are identified by their mass, which is the total number of protons and neutrons. There are two ways that isotopes are generally written. They both use the mass of the atom where mass = (number of protons) + (number of neutrons).
Is an ion the same as an isotope?
An ion is an atom with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons. An isotope is each of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei, and hence differ in relative atomic mass but not in chemical properties.
What is the symbol for an isotope?
The symbol for an isotope of an element such as #”O”# is often written as #””_8^16″O”^n#. The #”O”# is, of course, the symbol for an oxygen atom . The subscript represents the atomic number #Z#, the number of protons in the nucleus.