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Can same element have different mass? if yes or No.

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Isotopes are the same elements, with the same number of protons but different number of neutrons, which due to the rule of definition of Atomic mass, A = p + n, if we increase or decrease n, which is the number of neutrons, we will have a different mass even though we are still talking about the same element, therefore the answer is YES

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