Isotopes

Question 1

What is an isotope

Answer 1

An atom of an element with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons

Question 2

Chemical properties of an isotope

Answer 2

Has the same bonding

Question 3

Physical properties

Answer 3

Different mass, same mp and bp

Question 4

Carbon 14 half life

Answer 4

5730 years

Question 5

How is carbon 14 produced

Answer 5

A neutron from a cosmic ray collides with a nitrogen atom ejecting a proton

Question 6

% of nitrogen in the air

Answer 6

78%