Definitions for Isotopes
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1. isotopes

   Isotopes are distinct nuclear species (or nuclides, as technical term) of the same element. They have the same atomic number (number of protons in their nuclei) and position in the periodic table (and hence belong to the same chemical element), but differ in nucleon numbers (mass numbers) due to different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. While all isotopes of a given element have almost the same chemical properties, they have different atomic masses and physical properties.The term isotope is formed from the Greek roots isos (ἴσος "equal") and topos (τόπος "place"), meaning "the same place"; thus, the meaning behind the name is that different isotopes of a single element occupy the same position on the periodic table. It was coined by Scottish doctor and writer Margaret Todd in 1913 in a suggestion to the British chemist Frederick Soddy.The number of protons within the atom's nucleus is called its atomic number and is equal to the number of electrons in the neutral (non-ionized) atom. Each atomic number identifies a specific element, but not the isotope; an atom of a given element may have a wide range in its number of neutrons. The number of nucleons (both protons and neutrons) in the nucleus is the atom's mass number, and each isotope of a given element has a different mass number. For example, carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are three isotopes of the element carbon with mass numbers 12, 13, and 14, respectively. The atomic number of carbon is 6, which means that every carbon atom has 6 protons so that the neutron numbers of these isotopes are 6, 7, and 8 respectively.

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1. isotopes

   Isotopes are versions of a chemical element that have the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei, but differ in the number of neutrons present. This results in variations in atomic mass for the same element.

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1. Isotopes

   Atomic species differing in mass number but having the same atomic number. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Isotopes in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Isotopes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Isotopes in a Sentence

1. Edward Young:

   We don't see any difference between the Earth's and the moon's oxygen isotopes; they're indistinguishable.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   While inspectors would likely be able to detect radioactive isotopes at a site after 24 days, that delay would enable Iran to escape detection of any illicit building and improving of possible military dimensions( PMD) - the tools that go into building a bomb but don't emit radioactivity.

3. Leslie Chesson:

   It is not ZIP code-specific, but we can tell what regions she was in, food and water from different regions have different isotopes, and the hair and teeth keep a permanent record of that.

4. Rasmus Andreasen:

   In areas with farming, one should be very careful when using strontium isotopes to trace the origin and movement of prehistoric people.

5. Behrouz Kamalvandi:

   All the centrifuges installed in Fordow are IR1 types. Uranium gas (UF6) was injected to four chains of IR1 centrifuges (696 centrifuges), two other remaining chains of IR1 centrifuges (348 centrifuges) will be used for producing and enriching stable isotopes in the facility.

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