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What are isotones? Gives some examples.

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Isotones are the atoms of different elements which contain the same no. of neutrons. However both the atomic no. & mass nos. are different for the isotones. A few examples are :

C-14 , N-15 , O-16

Each of these have 8 neutrons but dofferent atomic no. & mass no.


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