Muhammad Mulla

Relative Masses - 14/09/11

Relative Mass - Relative to Carbon 12
Ar - Relative Atomic Mass - is the average mass of an atom of an element when the
mass of at atom of carbon-12 is 12
Finding Relative Atomic Mass
35Cl

- 76%

37Cl

- 24%

1) Multiply each relative mass by the percentage

35x76= 2660

37x24= 888

2) Add up the answers.

2660+888= 3548
3) Divide by 100. *Only for %
= Cl 35.5 - 1.dp
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1)
39K

- 93.11%

40K

39x93.11= 3631.29

- 0.12%

41K

40x0.12= 4.8

- 6.77%
21x6.77= 142.17

= 3778.26/100 = 37.7826
K 37.8 1.dp
2)
10B

- 19.77%

10x19.77= 197.7

11B

- 80.23%

11x80.23= 882.53

= 1080.23/100= 10.8023
K 10.8 1.dp
3)
28Si

- 92.18%

29Si

- 4.7%

28x92.18= 2581.04
29x4.7= 136.3
= 2810.94/100 = 28.1094

30Si

- 3.12%

30x3.12 = 93.6

Si 28.1 1.dp
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Using Mass Spectrometer Data

Relative Abundance

114

11.2
0.2

20

21
(m/z)

22

1) Multiply mass by relative abundance

(20x114) + (21x0.2) + (22x11.2) = 2530.6
2) Divide by sum of relative abundance
2530.6/125.4 = 20.2 1.dp
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Relative Abundance - Copper
(63x120.8) + (65x54) = 11120.4
11120.4/125.4= 88.7 1.dp
Relative Abundance - Selenium
(76x11.2) + (78x23.8) + (80x49.8) + (82x15.2) = 7938
7938/100= 79.4 1.dp
Relative Mass By Percentage - Copper
62.93x69.17= 4352.8681

64.93x30.83= 2001.7919

= 6354.66/100 = 63.5466
Cu 63.55 2.dp
Relative Abundance - Gallium
(69x61) + (71x39) = 6978
6978/100= 69.8 1.dp
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Relative Isotopic Mass - the mass of an atom of an isotope of an element when the mass of an atom
of carbob-12
Exam style questions
E) a)

79Br
35
81Br
35
81Br 35

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

35

44

35

35

46

35

35

46

36