Deuterium and tritium have the same number of protons and a different number of neutrons in each atom.

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Deuterium and tritium are the isotopes of hydrogen. All isotopes of a given element have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons in each atom. Hence, deuterium and tritium have the same number of protons and a different number of neutrons in each atom.

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Two atoms are said to be isobars if ?

(a) They have same atomic number but different mass number

(b) They have same number of electrons but different number of neutrons

(d) Sum of the number of protons and neutrons is same but the number of protons is different

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