Isobar (nuclide) (source code)

= Isobar
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= Nuclear isobar
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<Nuclear isobars> are different <nuclides> with the same <mass number> $A$ and different <atomic numbers> $Z$. They differ from <isotopes>, which have fixed $Z$. <Beta decay> connects neighboring <nuclear isobars>.