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  Isobars and Isotopes

           The composition of any atom can be represented by using the normal element symbol (X) with super-script on the left hand side as the atomic mass number (A) and subscript (Z) on the left hand side as the atomic number .

            Isobars are the atoms with same mass number but different atomic number for example, ¹⁴6C  and ¹⁷7N. On the other hand, atoms

with identical atomic number but different atomic mass number are known as Isotopes. In other words, it is evident that difference between the isotopes is due to the presence of different number of neutrons present in the nucleus. For example, considering of hydrogen atom again, 99.985% of hydrogen atoms contain only one proton. This isotope is called protium1H). Rest of the percentage of hydrogen atom contains two other isotopes, the one containing 1 proton and 1 neutron is called deuterium1D, 0.015%) and the other one possessing 1 proton and 2 neutrons is called tritium1T ). The latter isotope is found in trace amounts on the earth. Other examples of commonly occuring isotopes are: carbon atoms containing 6, 7 and 8 neutrons besides 6 protons (¹²6C, ¹³6C, ¹⁴6C ); chlorine atoms containing 18 and 20 neutrons besides 17 protons (³⁵17Cl,³⁷17Cl). 

            Lastly an important point to mention regarding isotopes is that chemical properties of atoms are controlled by the number of electrons, which are determined by the number of protons in the nucleus. Number of neutrons present in the nucleus have very little effect on the chemical properties of an element. Therefore, all the isotopes of a given element show same chemical behaviour.

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