Isotopes Flashcards
1
Q
What are isotopes?
A
Atoms of the same elements which have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
2
Q
What is relative atomic mass?
A
The weighted average of an atom based of the natural abundance of the element’s isotopes.
3
Q
How do you calculate relative atomic mass?
A
([Mass number of isotope 1][Percentage of occurence of isotope 1]) +( [Mass number of isotope 2][Percentage of occurence of isotope 2])
Divide everything by 100
