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Question
Draw the geometric atomic structure of the three isotopes of hydrogen and the two isotopes of chlorine.
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Solution
Geometric atomic structures of three isotopes of hydrogen.

Each isotope has 1 electron, 1 proton.
But 0, 1, 2, neutrons respectively.
Two isotopes of chlorine
3517Cl

3717Cl

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