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Isotopes of an element differ in number of neutrons present in the nucleus.


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True


Isotopes are defined as the atoms of the same element having the same atomic number but different mass numbers. The number of protons in all the atoms of a particular element is same, therefore to have different mass numbers, isotopes contain different number of neutrons.


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