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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 500

Q500

The total number of isotopes of elemental hydrogen is

A.
2
B.
3
Answer
C.
4
D.
5

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Hydrogen has three isotopic forms which are hydrogen, Deuterium and tritium. All of them have one single proton but a different number of their neutrons. Hydrogen (Protium) contains one neutron, deuterium contains two neutrons whereas tritium contains 3 neutrons.