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Would you expect the first ionization enthalpies for two isotopes of same element to be same or different? Justify your answer.

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Isotopes are chemical elements with same no. of $e^{-}$ and proton, only no. of neutrons are different. The atomic no. remains the same only atomic mass differs. Hence the ionization energy of the isotopes of a chemical element remains the same.

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