Natural isotopes are variants of a chemical element that have the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (which defines the element) but differ in the number of neutrons. This difference in neutron numbers results in different mass numbers for the isotopes. For example, carbon has two stable isotopes: 1. **Carbon-12 (\(^{12}C\))**, which has 6 protons and 6 neutrons.
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