Answer to Question #310528 in Atomic and Nuclear Physics for eddie

Question #310528

Describe in your own words what isotopes are.

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Isotopes are different kind of atoms of the same chemical element, but with different mass. Thus, isotopes have the same number of protons and different number of neutrons.

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