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10 February, 12:42

How can two atoms have the same mass but different charges?

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  1. 10 February, 14:27
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    The answer is: two atoms have same number of protons and neutrons, but different number of electrons.

    Mass number (A) is the total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus.

    Atomic mass (ma) is approximately equivalent to the number of protons and neutrons in the atom.

    For example, chlorine atom (Cl) and chlorine anion (Cl⁻).

    Similarities:

    1) atomic number is the same. Both, chlorine atom and anion, have atomic number 17. They have 17 protons in nucleus of an atom.

    2) both are the same element.

    Difference:

    1) chlorine atom (Cl) has neutral change and chlorine anion (chloride ion Cl⁻) has negative charge, because chlorine anion has one electron more.
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