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Isotopes can be defined as the variants of chemical elements that possess the same number of protons and electrons, but a different number of neutrons. For example, carbon-14, carbon-13, and carbon-12 are all isotopes of carbon.
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Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons but the same number of protons and electrons. ... The stable isotopes have nuclei that do not decay to other isotopes on geologic timescales, but may themselves be produced by the decay of radioactive isotopes.
Examples of Isotopes:
- 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. ...
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