Almost the same
Some atoms of different elements have different atomic numbers and different mass numbers, but the same number of neutrons. For example and both have 8 neutrons. What is the term that refers to such atoms?
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Not to be confused with nuclides that have the same number of protons (those are called isotopes ), nuclides that have the same number of neutrons as called isotones.