Student Name: Ghanati Alshahrani

Assignment: Calculating Average Atomic Mass

1. Calculate the average atomic mass of rubidium from the data below. Show your work.

Isotope Mass Percent abundance

Rubidium – 85 84.9118 72.2%
Rubidium – 87 86.9092 27.8%

(72.2/100 x 84.9118)+(27.8/100 x 86.9092)= 85.47u

2. Calculate the average atomic mass of lithium if 73Li has a mass of 7.0160 amu and 63Li has a
mass of 6.0151 amu and 73Li has a percent abundance of 92.5% and 63Li has a percent
abundance of 7.5%. Show your work.

(92.5/100 x 7.0160)+(7.5/100 x 6.0151)= 6.94u

3. What is the average atomic mass of chlorine if 75.8% of chlorine atoms are 35
17Cl with a mass
of 34.9589 amu and 24.2% are 37
17 Cl with a mass of 36.9659 amu? Show your work.
(75.8/100 x 34.9589)+(24.2/100 x 36.9659)= 35.44u

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4. Calculate the average atomic mass of magnesium, given the data in the table below. Show
your work.
Isotope Mass Percent Abundance
Magnesium – 24 23.9850 78.99%
Magnesium – 25 24.9858 10.00%

Magnesium – 26 25.9825 11.01%

(78.99/100 x 23.9850) + (10.00/100 x 24.9858) + (11.01/100 x 25.9825)= 24.31u