Isotopes, Isobars and Isotones
Isotopes, Isobars and Isotones: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Properties of Isotopes, Properties of Isobars and, Nature of Isotopes
Important Questions on Isotopes, Isobars and Isotones
Do isotopes of an element have same chemical properties?


_____ have the same mass number, but different nuclear charge.

Isotopes of an element have different _____ properties.

Isotopes of an element have same chemical properties.

Isotopes are different atoms of the same element with the same mass number and different atomic number.

What are isotopes? Explain with an example.

The chemical properties of different isotopes of an element are almost the same.

Isobars of an element may have different physical and chemical properties.

Why isobars have different properties?

Explain what are isotones.

Consider the following statements and stand for two different elements
and are isotopes.
and are isotopes.
and have the same number of neutrons.
and are isobars.
The correct statements are:

Isobars are atomic species that have the same _____ number, but a different atomic number.

Properties of Isobars: Isobars of an element have the same number of _____ .

Why isobars have different physical properties?

What are the properties of isobars?

The triad of nuclei that is isotonic is

Isotope are species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behaviour but with different atomic masses and physical properties.

Isobars are atoms (nuclides) having same atomic mass number but the different atomic number.

Isotopes that emits radiation are called _____. (radioisotope / stable isotope)
