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Explain how cobalt-60 and cobalt -59 can be the same element but have different mass numbers
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Explain how cobalt-60 and cobalt -59 can be the same element but have different mass numbers

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The number of protons and the atomic number are the same for both forms of cobalt, but the number of neutrons varies for each cobalt ion.
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