What is the difference between isotope notation and hyphen notation?

Answer 1

The mass number of an isotope is written as a superscript before the element's chemical symbol in isotopic notation, and it is written after the element's name in hyphenated notation.

For example, in isotopic notation, the isotope of carbon that has a mass number of twelve would be represented as #"^12C#. In hyphen notation, it would be written as carbon-12.

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Answer 2

Cooper Anderson

Isotope notation uses the element's symbol, atomic number, and mass number to represent a specific isotope, while hyphen notation uses the element's name or symbol followed by the mass number. Isotope notation explicitly states the number of protons and neutrons, while hyphen notation only indicates the total number of nucleons in the nucleus.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.