State whether the following statement is true or false:
Atoms of a given element are identical in mass but different in their chemical properties.

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(FALSE) The statement is False.
According to Dalton's Atomic Theory,atoms of a given element are identical in both mass and chemical properties.
Furthermore,the existence of isotopes (atoms of the same element with different masses but identical chemical properties) contradicts the claim that they differ in chemical properties.

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