Chemistry, asked by prachidesai35, 1 year ago

10. Explain how is it that oxygen can be
represented by the symbols 16 atomic mass and 8 atomic number oxygen and atomic mass 18 and 8 atomic number of oxygen at the same time?​

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Answered by tiwarisaurabh051
8

Answer:

because oxygen have two isotopes I.e we write

Answered by jeehelper
5

Answer:

It is an isotope.

Explanation:

Isotope refers to the variants of a same elements which have same number of protons but different number of neutrons. If you look in this question, you will see that in both symbols oxygen has same atomic number but different atomic mass ; 16 and 18. It is clear that they are isotopes.

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