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What is the difference between the isotopes Hydrogen-2 and Hydrogen-3?

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They each have one single proton (Z = 1), but differ in the number of their neutrons. Hydrogen has no neutron, deuterium has one, and tritium has two neutrons. The isotopes of hydrogen have, respectively, mass numbers of one, two, and three.

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