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why hydrogen doesn't have neutron s in it


Uday 14th Feb, 2020
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Prakarsh Kaushik 14th Feb, 2020

Hello,

Not all hydrogen atoms have zero neutron.

There are three isotopes of Hydrogen i.e

  1. Hydrogen ( 1 H)
  2. Deuterium ( 2 H)
  3. Tritium ( 3 H)

Hydrogen ( 1 H) has just one proton in nucleus and no neutron. Deuterium ( 2 H) has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus.Tritium ( 3 H)  has one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus making it radioactive while the first two isotopes are stable.

Hydrogen( 1 H) does not have neutrons but only one protonas it is is stable because there is no interaction attempting to blow the nucleus apart.

In Deuterium ( 2 H)  there is one neutron and one proton so the nucleus doesn't blow apart because of weak interactions.

Tritium ( 3 H) has two neutrons and one proton making it unstable as well as radioactive due to strong interactions.


Hope this was helpful.


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