Nuclear & Particle Physics
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Isobars
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Dimensionless Species
Nuclides of different chemical elements that share the exact same mass number A (total number of nucleons) while having different atomic numbers Z.
A = Z + N = Constant
Isotones
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Dimensionless Species
Nuclides of different chemical elements that share the exact same number of neutrons N = A - Z while possessing different proton numbers Z.
N = A - Z = Constant
Isotopes
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Dimensionless Species
Variants of a particular chemical element that possess identical atomic numbers Z (same number of protons) but different mass numbers A (different number of neutrons).
Nuclide Symbol: ᴬ_Z X (Same Z, Different A)