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Q.Name the isotopes of hydrogen. What is the ratio of the masses of these isotopes?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Hydrogen's three isotopes — protium, deuterium and tritium — differ only in the number of neutrons in the nucleus, giving them a mass ratio of roughly 1:2:3.
Isotopes are atoms of the same element (same number of protons/atomic number) that differ in the number of neutrons, and hence in mass number. Hydrogen (Z = 1) has three well-known isotopes:
- Protium (¹₁H): the most common form (~99.985% natural abundance); nucleus has 1 proton and 0 neutrons; mass number = 1.
- Deuterium (²₁H, also written D): nucleus has 1 proton and 1 neutron; mass number = 2; natural abundance ~0.015%. Also called "heavy hydrogen"; heavy water is D₂O.
- Tritium (³₁H, also written T): nucleus has 1 proton and 2 neutrons; mass number = 3; it is radioactive (β-emitter) and occurs only in trace amounts, being continuously produced in the upper atmosphere by cosmic-ray reactions. …
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