What are isobars ? Explain with an example.

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Isobars are atoms of different chemical elements that have the same mass number but different atomic number i.e., same number of protons but different number of neutrons.

For example, ${}_{18}^{40}{Ar} and {}_{20}^{40}{Ca}$ are isobars with same mass number but different atomic numbers.

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