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Which is NOT true about oxygen-17 and oxygen-18?

Which is NOT true about oxygen-17 and oxygen-18?-example-1
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Their atoms have identical mass.

Step-by-step explanation:

Oxygen-17 and Oxygen-18 are both isotopes of Oxygen.

Oxygen has three isotopes, Oxygen- 16, Oxygen-17 and Oxygen-18.

Oxygen- 16 has 8 protons and 8 neutrons and a mass number of 16.

Oxygen-17 has 8 protons and 9 neutrons and a mass number of 17.

Oxygen-18 has 8 protons and 10 protons and a mass number of 18.

The three isotopes therefore have the same atomic number ( the number of protons) but different mass numbers.

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