What is "isotopes"?
Isotopes is different atoms of the same element which have the same number of protons but different number of neutrons. An example is chlorine-35 and chlorine-37. Chlorine-35 have 17 protons and 18 neutrons, while chlorine-37 have 17 protons and 20 neutrons. Both chlorine-35 and chlorine-37 have the same number of protons (17) while different number of neutrons. Chlorine-35 has 18 neutrons while chlorine-38 has 20 neutrons. Thus they are isotopes.
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