Isotopes of Hydrogen Carbon and Oxygen
Isotopes are the atoms of the same element which have same number of protons but different number
Of neutrons inside the nuclei. Chemical properties of the element depends on the number of electrons
and isotopes have same chemical properties because in isotopes number of electrons are
same(isotopes have same number of protons =same atomic number=same number of electrons).But
Physical properties of isotopes are different because isotopes have different mass number (isotopes
have different number of neutrons).
Let us consider isotopes of Hydrogen Carbon and Oxygen
First we take isotopes Hydrogen
Hydrogen has 3 isotopes. They are Protium, Deuterium and Tritium. They are represented as
1
2
3
1H (Protium) 1H (Deuterium) 1H (Tritium).
Consider isotopes of Carbon
Carbon has 3 isotopes. They are 6C12,6C13,6C14
Consider the isotopes of Oxygen
Oxygen has two isotopes. They are 17Cl35 and 17Cl37.
Note:-p stands for Proton and n stands for Neutron