Oxygen has three isotopes having mass number 16, 17 and 18. How do atoms of these isotopes differ from each other?

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Solution

The three isotopes differ by the number of neutrons present in the nucleus of oxygen atom.

The number of neutrons present in the isotopes of oxygen having mass number 16, 17 and 18 are 8, 9 and 10 respectively.

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