What is isoelectronic?

[Jessica Luong 3K]

What is isoelectronic?

[AngieGarcia_4F]

Atoms are isoelectronic when they have the same number of electrons. For example, N2-, O-, and F are isoelectronic.

[Wilson 2E]

Isoelectronic simply refers to two atoms that have the same amount of electrons. For instance, Neon has 10 electrons as does Fluorine-, which starts with 9 electrons but gains another to have 10 total, so these two atoms are isoelectronic.

[Rodrigo2J]

Isoelectronic just refers to atoms/ions with the same number of electrons. Ex) Na+, F-, Ne — they all have the same # of electrons!

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having the same number of electrons

[Lauren Stack 1C]

Isoelectronic simply means that the atoms being compared have the same number of electrons. This is often demonstrated by ions, like S- being isoelectronic with Cl.

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Isoelectronic means atoms or ions that have the same number of electrons. An example of this would be Na+, Mg2+

[Verity Lai 2K]

It's when elements or ions have the same electron configurations. For example Na+, Ne and O2- are all isoelectronic.

[Max Madrzyk Dis 4G]

Isoelectronic means that different ion combinations of the elements have the same number of electrons and therefore the same configuration.

[Bryce Barbee]

Isoelectronic is when different ions have the same number of electrons. For example, Na+ is isoelectronic with neon.

[Sally kim 4F]

Isoelectronic are two ions that have the same electronic structure and the same number of valence electrons. An example would be F- and Na+.

[Sean Sugai 4E]

Atoms and ions with equal number of electrons are isoelectronic. Examples include Na+, F-, and Mg2+. Be cautious, however, as these three ions have the same electron configuration (same number of electrons) but their radii differ because they have different nuclear charges. This means that the Mg2+ ion has the largest nuclear charge since it has the most protons, so it has the strongest attraction for electrons and thus the smallest radius of the three. In contrast, F- has the lowest nuclear charge, so it has the largest radius even though all three have the same number of electrons.

[Marykate Abad 3L]

Isoelectronic means having the same number of electrons.

[Veronica Lu 2H]

isoelectronic refers to the situation in which there the number of electrons are equal