Isotopes Flashcards
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Isotopes have:
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Same number of protons
Same number of electrons
Different number of neutrons
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What are isotopes:
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Different atomic forms of the same element, which have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
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What takes isotopes into account:
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Relative atomic mass
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Relative abundance:
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How much there is of each isotope compared to the total amount of the element in the world
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How to work out relative atomic mass:
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Multiply mass of each isotope by its relative abundance
Add those together
Divide by the sum of the relative abundances
