Define isotopes and give example.?
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Any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights.
Carbon-14. A naturally occurring radioactive isotope of carbon having six protons and eight neutrons in the nucleus. ...
Iodine-131. It is an isotope because it contains a different number of neutrons from the element iodine. ...
Tritium.
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Isotopes are atoms with the same number of protons, but differ in numbers of neutrons. Isotopes are different forms of a single element.
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Carbon 12 and Carbon 14 are both isotopes of carbon, one with 6 neutrons and one with 8 neutrons.
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