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The teacher asked Sushma that in ethyl ethanoate (CH3COOC2H5) the two oxygen atoms have the same number of electrons but different number of neutrons. Which of the following is the correct reason for it?

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One of the oxygen atom has gained electrons

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The oxygen atoms are isotopes

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One of the oxygen atoms has gained two neutrons

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The two oxygen atoms are isobars

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Solution

The correct option is B

The oxygen atoms are isotopes


If the oxygen atom has the same number of electrons that means it has the same atomic number and different number of neutrons means it has different mass number which is a feature of isotopes. Hence the oxygen atoms are isotopes.


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