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Why do copper atoms with different numbers of neutrons have identical chemical properties?
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∙ 11y ago
What element the atom is is defined by the number of protons it contains in the nucleus. This is the same for most of the chemical properties. If an atom has a different number of neutrons from the norm it is called an ion, and it is usually a lot more unstable than a regular atom of its type, however most of the rest of the chemical properties stay the same.
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∙ 11y ago
lenpollock
Because the neutrons only given 'non-charged' mass to an atom.
It is the electrons, more particularly, the outer electrons that give an atom its chemical characteristics.
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Which statement is true Isotopes are atoms of different elements with equal mass. For the same element they have equal numbers of neutrons. Isotopes of a given element have similar chemical properties?
Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. They do have very similar chemical properties. In fact for most purposes we can consider them identical.
How is carbon 14 different than regular carbon?
It has 8 neutrons rather than 6. It still has the same chemical properties.
Isotopes are atoms of an element with identical chemical properties but with different?
What differentiates isotopes between the same elements are their neutron (n) count. For example, all Uranium atoms contain 92-protons, which also is its atomic number. However, its 25 isotopes range from 217 to 242 neutrons.
Isotopes of an element differ from each other in the number of?
Isotopes of the same element differ in the number of neutrons. Isotopes have different physical properties but similar chemical properties.
Are chemical properties of elements determined by neutrons?
No. The properties of elements are determined by the number of protons, which in turn determines the number of electrons.
Why do isotopes of an element have the same chemical properties?
Chemical reactions involve electrons - not protons or neutrons. All isotopes of the same element have an identical number of electrons (just the number of neutrons differs) and hence the chemical properties are identical/very similar.
Which statement is true Isotopes are atoms of different elements with equal mass. For the same element they have equal numbers of neutrons. Isotopes of a given element have similar chemical properties?
Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. They do have very similar chemical properties. In fact for most purposes we can consider them identical.
Why do isotopes of the same element have the same chemical behavior?
Chemical properties of a element is governed by ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION of that element. As isotopes of same element have identical electronic configurations, their chemical properties are same.
Is an isotope a chemical property?
No it is the same chemical element with a different number of neutrons, but the same chemical properties.
Do isotopes have identical numbers of protons and electron?
Yes, but they have varying amounts of neutrons.
An element that has the same chemical properties as other atoms of that elementbut that has a different number of neutrons is?
isotope
