Thursday, October 28, 2010

Isotopes And Atoms

  • Atomic Number - Number of Protons
  • Mass minus Atomic number equals Number of Neutrons
  • Isotopes - Some atomic number but different mass
  • Mass Spectrometers -Are used to determine the relative abundance and mass of the isotopes of elements  

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  1. How do you determine the atomic mass of an element if you were given data from a mass spectrometer?

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