Elements with same atomic number but with different mass numbers

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1. The elements with Same atomic number but with different Mass numbers are known as?
(a) Isobars
(b) Isotopes
(c) Isoterms
(d) None of these


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Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element such that, while all isotopes of a given element share the same number of protons and electrons, each isotope differs from the others in its number of neutrons. For example, carbon-12, carbon-13 and carbon-14 are three isotopes of the element carbon with mass numbers 12, 13 and 14 respectively.

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