Isotope electrons in the neutral (non-ionized) atom. Each atomic number identifies a specific element, but not the isotope; an atom of a given element may have a wide range in its number of neutrons. The number of nucleons (both protons and neutrons) in the nucleus is the atom's mass number, and each isotope of a given element has a different mass number. For example, carbon-12, carbon-13 and carbon-14 are three isotopes of the element carbon with mass numbers 12, 13 and 14 respectively. The atomic number of carbon is 6, which means that every carbon atom has 6 protons, so that
Isotopes of nobelium Isotopes of nobelium Nobelium (No) is a synthetic element, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given. Like all synthetic elements, it has no stable isotopes. The first isotope to be synthesized (and correctly identified) was No in 1966. There are 12 known radioisotopes, which are No to No and No, and 3 isomers, No, No, and No. The longest-lived isotope is No with a half-life of 58 minutes. The longest-lived isomer is No with a half-life of 1.7 seconds. This cold fusion reaction was first studied in 1979 at the FLNR. Further work in 1988 at the GSI