Which set of atoms are isotopes? A. 16^ 8X and 16^ 6X
B. 16^ 8X and 17^ 8X
C. 12^ 6X and 14^ 7X
D. 6^ 26X and 26^ 6X

Option B.

Explanation:

Isotopy is a phenomenon where by two or more atoms have the same atomic number (proton) but different mass number due to the difference in neutron present in the atoms. The atoms that exhibit Isotopy are isotopes.

With the above information, we can obtain the right answer to the question given above as follow:

For option A:

Isotope >> atomic no >> Mass no

16 8X >>> 8 >>>>>>>>> 16

16 6X >>> 6 >>>>>>>>> 16

Since they have the different atomic number, they are not isotope.

For option B:

Isotope >> atomic no >> Mass no

16 8X >>> 8 >>>>>>>>> 16

17 8X >>> 8 >>>>>>>>> 17

Since they have the same atomic number but different mass number, they are isotope.

For option C:

Isotope >> atomic no >> Mass no

12 6X >>> 6 >>>>>>>>> 12

14 7X >>> 7 >>>>>>>>> 14

Since they have different atomic number, they are not isotope.

For option D:

Isotope >> atomic no >> Mass no

6 26X >> 26 >>>>>>>>> 6

26 6X >>> 6 >>>>>>>>> 26

Since they have different atomic number, they are not isotope.

From the above illustration, only option B contains isotopes because the atoms have the same atomic number but different mass number

explanation: it gains negative electrons, therefore becoming negatively charged. as charge cannot be created, nor destroyed, only transferred, this leaves the wool positive. now that they have opposite charges, the two items attract.

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.