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Isotopes

Scope note

Any of two or more forms of an element, all having the same number of protons in the nucleus, and thus the same atomic number, but differing numbers of neutrons, and therefore differing atomic weights. RHDEL2

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000247011

Broader Terms used

elements

Equivalent Terms used

isotope

Created

13yrs ago

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