Give evidence to support or dispute: “In nature, the chance of finding one isotope of an element is the same for all elements.”

In this case, since it is false that the isotopes of all the elements can be found with the same chance (occurrence) we can consider the following facts:

1. Carbon atom has two major occurring isotopes: C-12 (98.93%) and C-13 (1.07%).

2. Bromine atom has two major occurring isotopes: Br-79 (50.69%) and Br-81 (49.31%).

3. Calcium has four major occurring isotopes: Ca-40 (96.941%), Ca-42 (0.647%), Ca-43 (0.135%) and Ca-44 (2.086%).

Which show us that the chances of finding any isotope differ among elements.

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annyksl annyksl · Answer 2 · 2021-10-29T02:39:26+02:00

The statement presented in the question above is false, as the percentage of occurrence of an isotope cannot be defined and adopted for all elements, as this varies.

We can arrive at this answer because:

Isotopes are chemical elements that have the same amount of protons.
However, these elements have different mass numbers and neutrons from each other.
Although there is a percentage of occurrence of isotopes in nature, this percentage varies among elements.
Mainly because these elements compose different substances and some may have low occurrence percentages and others high percentages.

An example of this can be seen in Calcium (Ca) isotopes, where the Ca-40 isotope has an occurrence percentage equal to 96.9%, while the Ca-42 isotope has an occurrence percentage equal to 0.64%.

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