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3. How does adding neutrons affect isotope symbols?

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A neutron is in the nucleus. The isotope symbol consists of the mass number and atomic number. The mass number is the number of neutrons and protons.
Therefore adding neutrons affects the mass number. This means the symbol is affected.
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