What are isobaric atoms? Provide an example.

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Isobars are atoms of different elements that have the same mass number (same total number of protons and neutrons) but different atomic numbers (different number of protons). For example, Argon-40 (18 protons, 22 neutrons) and Calcium-40 (20 protons, 20 neutrons) are isobars.

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