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Question
An isotope of uranium is 92Y238, i.e., it has mass number 235 and atomic number 92.
Do all isotopes have the same number of neutrons?
Solution
No. of isotopes of an element have the same atomic number but they differ in their atomic masses, and hence in such isotopes, the number of neutrons will be different.
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