- Find the average atomic mass of chlorine (Cl).
| Symbol |
Mass number |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| |
35 |
34.968852 |
75.77 |
| |
37 |
36.965903 |
24.23 |
- Find the average atomic mass of nitrogen (N).
| Symbol |
Mass number |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| |
14 |
14.003074 |
99.63 |
| |
15 |
15.000108 |
0.37 |
- Find the average atomic mass of silicon (Si).
| Symbol |
Mass number |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| |
28 |
27.976927 |
92.23 |
| |
29 |
28.976495 |
4.67 |
| |
30 |
29.973770 |
3.10 |
- Find the average atomic mass of magnesium (Mg).
| Symbol |
Mass number |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| |
24 |
23.985042 |
78.99 |
| |
25 |
24.985837 |
10.00 |
| |
26 |
25.982593 |
11.01 |
- Find the average atomic mass of chromium (Cr).
| Symbol |
Mass number |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| |
50 |
49.946049 |
4.345 |
| |
52 |
51.940511 |
83.789 |
| |
53 |
52.940653 |
9.501 |
| |
54 |
53.938884 |
2.365 |
- Find the average atomic mass of molybdenum (Mo).
| Symbol |
Mass number |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| |
92 |
91.906808 |
14.84 |
| |
94 |
93.905085 |
9.25 |
| |
95 |
94.905840 |
15.92 |
| |
96 |
95.904678 |
16.68 |
| |
97 |
96.906020 |
9.55 |
| |
98 |
97.905406 |
24.13 |
| |
100 |
99.907477 |
9.63 |
- An element “X” has five major isotopes, which are listed below along
with their abundances. Calculate the average atomic mass. What is the
element?
| Symbol |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| 46X |
45.95269 |
8.00 |
| 47X |
46.951764 |
7.30 |
| 48X |
47.947947 |
73.80 |
| 49X |
48.947841 |
5.50 |
| 50X |
49.944792 |
5.40 |
- The isotopes of oxygen are16
8O,17 8O,
and18 8O.
Oxygen-18 is particularly important because of its use in medicine as a
precursor for fluorine-18 (used is Positron Emission Tomography, PET) and as
a marker of temperature in studies of earlier climates on the Earth. Find
the exact mass of this isotope using the following information:
| Symbol |
Mass number |
Exact mass |
Percent abundance |
| 16 8O |
16 |
15.994915 |
99.757 |
| 17 8O |
17 |
16.999132 |
0.038 |
| 18 8O |
18 |
|
0.205 |