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What does the atomic number of an element represent?
What does the atomic number of an element represent?
How is the atomic mass of an element calculated?
How is the atomic mass of an element calculated?
What are isotopes?
What are isotopes?
If an element has two isotopes with masses 7.00 amu and 8.00 amu, and their relative percentages are 40% and 60% respectively, what would be the atomic mass?
If an element has two isotopes with masses 7.00 amu and 8.00 amu, and their relative percentages are 40% and 60% respectively, what would be the atomic mass?
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Why do isotopes of an element have different atomic masses?
Why do isotopes of an element have different atomic masses?
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Which factor primarily contributes to the difference in atomic mass among isotopes of an element?
Which factor primarily contributes to the difference in atomic mass among isotopes of an element?
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Atomic Number and Atomic Mass
What is the relationship between atomic number and atomic mass?
The atomic number of an element represents the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, while the atomic mass represents the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons. The atomic mass of an element is calculated as the sum of the relative percentages of the masses of each isotope multiplied by their respective atomic masses. For example, if an element has two isotopes with masses of 5.00 amu and 6.00 amu, and their relative percentages are 25% and 75% respectively, the atomic mass of the element would be (0.25 * 5.00 amu) + (0.75 * 6.00 amu) = 5.00 + 4.50 = 9.50 amu.
Calculating atomic mass
The atomic mass of an element is calculated by considering the relative percentages of the masses of each isotope present in a sample. For example, if an element has two isotopes with masses of 5.00 amu and 6.00 amu, and their relative percentages are 25% and 75% respectively, the atomic mass of the element would be (0.25 * 5.00 amu) + (0.75 * 6.00 amu) = 5.00 + 4.50 = 9.50 amu.
Isotopes and atomic mass
Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. For example, carbon has three naturally occurring isotopes: carbon-12 (6 protons, 6 neutrons), carbon-13 (6 protons, 7 neutrons), and carbon-14 (6 protons, 8 neutrons). The atomic mass of carbon is calculated as the weighted average of the masses of these isotopes, taking into account their relative percentages. In the case of carbon, the atomic mass is approximately 12.01 amu.
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Learn about the relationship between atomic number and atomic mass, how isotopes affect atomic mass calculations, and the concept of weighted average for isotopic masses. Understand how the atomic mass of an element is calculated based on the relative percentages of isotopes.
