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What are isotopes and how are they formed?
Isotopes are chemical elements that have the same number of protons in the nucleus, but a different number of neutrons.
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Define the term isotope?
Any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different...
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What defines the mass number of an isotope?
The mass number is the total weight of neutrons and protons in the nucleus of an atom.
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How are isotopes formed?
Isotopes are formed either naturally through radioactive decay of elements or artificially through element irradiation by particles as neutrons, protons, electrons, or alpha particles in accelerators...
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A radioactive isotope is an isotope that?
radiates either alpha beta or gamma radiation, in order to go to a more stable state