Question

what are the isotopes? write the isotope of hydrogen. why do isotopes show similar chemical properties?

Answer 1

Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in mass number. All isotopes of a given element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in each atom.
Hydrogen has three naturally occurring isotopes, sometimes denoted ¹H, ²H, and ³H. The first two of these are stable, while ³H has a half-life of 12.32 years. All heavier isotopes are synthetic and have a half-life less than one zepto second. Of these, ⁵H is the most stable, and ⁷H is the least.
They have similar chemical properties because isotopes of an element have the same number of electrons as an atom of that element. The electron arrangement is the same owing to same chemical properties. However they have different numbers of neutrons, which affects the mass number.

Answer 2

Here is ur answer...........

The atoms of a chemical element can exist in different forms. This is called isotopes. They have same number of protons but different number of neutrons. Different isotopes of same element have a different masses.

The isotopes of Hydrogen are protium, Deuterium and Tritium.

They show similar chemical properties because isotopes of an element have same number of electrons. The electron arrangement is same owing to the same chemical properties.

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