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Oxygen-17 and oxygen-18 _____. have the same mass are isotopes of oxygen have different numbers of protons

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oxygen -17 and oxygen-18 are isotopes of oxygen


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Isotope is two or more forms of the same element that has equal amount of proton but different number of neutrons in the nuclei.

oxygen -17 and oxygen-18 are isotope of oxygen since they have the equal amount of protons but different number of neutrons in their nuclei.

that is oxygen 17 has 8 protons and 9 neutrons while oxygen 18 has 8 protons and 10 neutrons.


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