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The main reason that the Atomic Mass of elements is not a whole number is due to the presence of different isotopes - these have the same number of protons in the nucleus but a different number of neutrons - so their masses are different even though chemically they are identical.

The two isotopes of Chlorine are 35Cl- (75.77%) and 37Cl (24.23%) giving an overall "average" mass of 35.4527.

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