Assertion (A): Two atoms of different elements having same mass number but different atomicnumbers are called isobars.Reason (R): Atomic number is the number of protons present and atomic number is the totalnumber of protons and neutrons present in a nucleus
Question
Assertion (A): Two atoms of different elements having same mass number but different atomicnumbers are called isobars.Reason (R): Atomic number is the number of protons present and atomic number is the totalnumber of protons and neutrons present in a nucleus
Solution
Assertion (A) is correct. Isobars are atoms (nuclides) of different chemical elements that have the same number of nucleons. Correspondingly, isobars differ in atomic number (or number of protons) but have the same mass number.
Reason (R) is partially correct. The atomic number is indeed the number of protons in an atom's nucleus. However, the mass number is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus, not the atomic number.
So, the assertion and reason are correct, but the reason is not the correct explanation for the assertion.
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