Atoms – Constituent Parts III
# of protons  and  # of neutrons   determines mass
and nuclear properties
Same element (same Z) but different # of neutrons
isotope of same element
Isotopes behave same chemically, but have different
nuclear properties
 1H = 1 proton,   0 neutrons  (regular hydrogen)
 2H = 1 proton,   1 neutron   (deuterium)
 3H = 1 proton,   2 neutrons  (tritium)
4He= 2 protons, 2 neutrons  (regular helium)
12C = 6 protons, 6 neutrons  (regular carbon)        14C = ???