(a) Why do isotopes have same chemical properties?
(b) Why do isobars have different chemical properties?
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(a) As electronic configurations of different isotopes are same, so they have the same chemical properties.
(b) Isobars have different electronic configurations and, hence, they have different chemical properties.

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