Question

Oxygen has three isotopes of atomic masses 16, 17 and 18 respectively. Explain the following:

(i) They have same chemical properties.

(ii) They are all electrically neutral.

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Answer 1

Answer:

there atomic number is same so it has same chemical properties ....

yes because of have neutron and sane number of electron & proton they are electrically neutral

Answer 2

Answer:

For any given isotope, the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus is called the mass number. This is because each proton and each neutron weigh one atomic mass unit (amu). By adding together the number of protons and neutrons and multiplying by 1 amu, you can calculate the mass of the atom