Isotopes & Isobars & Isotones

Isotopes are atoms with variable numbers of neutrons in the same chemical element. As a result, whereas isotopes of the same chemical element have the same atomic number, they have distinct atomic masses. Isobars are chemical atoms of various elements. As a result, the atomic numbers are fundamentally distinct from one another. In their atomic nucleus, isotones have the same number of neutrons. Isotopes, isobars, and isotones are atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. Isobars are atoms of different chemical elements with equal atomic mass values, whereas isotones are atoms of different chemical elements with an equal number of neutrons in the atomic nucleus.

Isotopes

Atoms with the same number of protons but different quantities of neutrons are called isotopes. The atomic number of an atom is the number of protons in that atom. The number of protons in a chemical element is fixed. As a result, the atomic numbers of atoms of the same chemical element are identical. Isotopes are therefore atoms of the same chemical element. The atomic mass is the total number of protons and neutrons. The atomic masses of isotopes differ.

The chemical behaviour of isotopes of the same chemical element is identical, but their physical qualities differ. Isotopes exist in almost every chemical element. There are 275 isotopes of 81 stable chemical elements that are known. There are stable isotopes as well as radioactive isotopes for each chemical element (unstable). Radioactive isotopes are unstable isotopes that spontaneously break down into two lighter daughter elements, emitting particles such as alpha, beta, and gamma rays in the process.

The name of the chemical element and the isotope’s atomic mass are used to name the isotope. The two isotopes of Helium, for example, are designated as “helium-2” and “helium-4.”

Isobars

Isobars are atoms of various chemical elements with the same atomic mass. The total of protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus is known as atomic mass. A nucleon is either a proton or a neutron. Isobars have the same number of nucleons as one another.

Because distinct chemical elements have varying atomic numbers, the atomic numbers of these isobars differ from one another. If two neighbouring elements on the periodic table contain isotopes with the same mass number (isobars), one of these isotopes must be radioactive, according to the Mattauch isobar rule. If three sequential isobars occur, the first and last are stable, whereas the middle isobar may suffer radioactive decay. A collection of various isotopes with the same atomic mass is known as an isobar series. For example: 4016S, 4017Cl, 4018Ar, 4019K, and 4020Ca are only a few examples of elements with 40 mass numbers. All of the above-mentioned elements have the same number of protons and neutrons in their nuclei, but different numbers of protons and neutrons.

Isotones

Isotones are atoms with an identical number of neutrons in the atomic nucleus from various elements. Isotones have varying atomic numbers (number of protons in the nucleus varies) and atomic masses. It can be stated as follows:

Z :- atomic number

A :- Atomic mass 

N :- number of neutrons.

A-Z but (A-Z)=N for all isotones in a series (N is equal for all the isotones in one series).

3616S, 3717Cl, 3818Ar, 3919K, and 4020Ca, for example, are all isotones of 20 since they all have 20 neutrons.

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Conclusion

Isobars are elements that have the same mass but a different atomic number. Isomers are elements that share the same chemical formula but have distinct structures. Isotopes are elements that have the same atomic number but differ in their atomic mass. Isotones are elements that have the same amount of neutrons as they do protons.