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khang

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Isotopes have the same number of
 
  A) protons and neutrons
  B) protons but a different number of electrons
  C) neutrons but a different number of protons
  D) protons but a different number of neutrons

Question 2

The most common isotope of oxygen has atomic number 8 and atomic weight 16. Another isotope has two extra neutrons. What are the atomic number and atomic weight of this isotope?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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mfedorka

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

The atomic number would still be 8 because the number of protons wouldn't change, but the atomic weight would increase to 18.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Gracias!

 

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