Chemistry problem? Joey claims that Oxygen 16 and Nitrogen 16 are identical. Compare and contrast Oxygen 16 and Nitrogen 16. Please be descriptive.

Respuesta :

oxygen 16 is a stable isotope and has a natural abundance of 99.762% 

nitrogen 16 is an unstable isotope with a half life of 7.13 seconds meaning it is nearly nonexistent

joey is probably thinking of nitrogen 14 which is a stable isotope and has a natural abundance of 99.6%

oxygen 16 - 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_oxygen
nitrogen 16/14 - https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/iso007.html