Q27 of 149 Page 210

Hydrogen has three isotopes written as:


Explain why:


(i) these isotopes have almost identical chemical properties.


(ii) they are electrically neutral.

(i) These isotopes have almost identical chemical properties because of their identical electronic configuration containing the same no. of valence electrons.

(ii) They are electrically neutral all of them have 1 electron and 1 proton.


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