Question

Define the term ‘isotope’ of an atom with a suitable example.

Answer 1

An isotope atom have same number of electron and protons but different number of neutron and therefore have different physical properties. For e.g: Carbon-12,carbon-13 and carbon-14

Answer 2

Dear Student,

● Isotopes -

• Variants of element with same atomic number but different atomic mass number are called as isotopes.
• For example, Hydrogen has three isotopes - Protium, Deuterium, Tritium.

# Uses of isotopes -

1) Isotopes of iodine are used for radiotherapy in treatment of hyperthyroidism, cancer, etc.

2) Uranium, Radium, Polonium isotopes are used in atomic reactors.

3) Cobalt isotopes are used for irradiation of food products.

Hope this helps you.