Isotones are the different elements that contain same number of neutrons.

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The correct option is A True
Two nuclides are isotones if they have the same neutron number N, but different proton number Z. For example, boron-12 and carbon-13 nuclei both contain 7 neutrons, and so are isotones.

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Nuclei with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons are called isobars

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^{39} K_{19}

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^{19} F_{9}

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Isotopes are the atoms of different elements with same number of neutrons.

(a) same number of neutrons but different number of protons

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

(d) different number of neutrons but same number of protons

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