Some carbon atoms have mass number 12 and some have mass number 14. These atoms of same element of different mass numbers are called __.

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Atoms of same elements having same atomic number but different mass number is called isotopes. For example, hydrogen has three isotopes: hydrogen-1 (protium), hydrogen-2 (deuterium) and hydrogen-3 (tritium).

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