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## BIG IDEA
- Isotopes are forms of an element with different
mass numbers
- number of neutrons
**Naming convention**
[name or symbol] hyphen [mass number]
**Example**
$^{13}C$ or carbon-13 or C-13
Carbon makes up 99% of naturally occurring carbon
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