Relative Formula Mass Flashcards
What is another way of saying relative atomic mass?
Ar.
Relative atomic mass is usually the same as what?
As the mass number of the element.
Relative atomic mass is what?
How heavy different atoms are compared with the mass of an atom of carbon-12.
Carbon-12 has a relative atomic mass of what?
Exactly 12.
Elements in the periodic table all have what?
2 numbers.
The smaller number is called what?
Atomic number.
What does the atomic number tell us?
How many protons it has.
The bigger number is called what?
The mass number.
Relative atomic mass.
The relative atomic mass is found where?
The number on top of the element
What happens when an element has more than one stable isotope?
The relative atomic mass is an average value of all the different isotopes.
How else is relative formula mass written as?
Mr.
If an example of a compound which has a relative formula mass?
MgCl2.
A compound with a relative formula mass means what has happened?
All the relative atomic masses added together.
What would MgCl2 relative atomic mass be?
24 + (35.5 x 2) = 95.
Relative formula mass means…
Add up all the relative atomic masses.