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What do you mean by the atomic mass of an atom?

That's the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units. It is approximately equivalent to the number of protons and neutrons in the atom (the mass number) or to the average number allowing for the relative abundances of different isotopes.


Atomic weight of chlorine?

35.453 ------------- The relative atomic weight (not mass) of chlorine is after IUPAC tables from 2009 [35,446; 35,457]; the conventional value is 35,45.


What is beryllium mass number?

Beryllium Atomic number: 4 Atomic Mass: 9.012


What mass is listed in the periodic table?

Atomic weight, which is the mean relative mass and is dimensionless.


How come the relative atomic mass can be a fraction?

The relative atomic mass is the mean mass of the isotopes of an element. Since, by definition, these have different numbers of neutrons, their masses are different. This results in fractional values.


What does the mass number on the periodic table mean?

The mass number is the combined number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of the particular element you are looking at. NOTE: (don't be confused by the periodic table) Different elements have isotopes with varying mass numbers, so the mass number displayed on a periodic table is the ratio of those isotopic mass numbers in any given sample of the element your examining. This ratio is often confused with with the mass number of the element when it is displayed on periodic tables, it is actually the relative atomic mass. You can tell if a number is the mass number or a relative atomic mass by whether or not it is a whole number if it is then it's a mass number if it has decimal places out beside it then you're looking at relative atomic mass.


What deos atomic mass mean?

After the IUPAC rules, Atomic Mass is an expression used only for the mass of isotopes (in atomic mass units).


What is the mass and atomic number for N?

By N, I assume you mean Nitrogen. Nitrogen's Atomic number is 7, and its atomic mass is ~14.011.


What is the atomic mass for vanadium?

The atomic number of vanadium (V) is 23. The atomic weight of V is 50.9415 grams per mole.


What does the word weighted mean in the definition of relative atomic mass?

In the definition of relative atomic mass, the term "weighted" refers to the consideration of the abundance of each isotope of an element when calculating its average atomic mass. Instead of simply averaging the masses of all isotopes, the relative atomic mass is determined by multiplying the mass of each isotope by its relative abundance, then summing these values and dividing by the total abundance. This ensures that isotopes that are more prevalent in nature have a greater influence on the final average atomic mass.


What is relative atomic number?

The relative atomic mass is defined as: "The weighted mean of the relative isotopic masses of an element on the scale where 12C is 12 amu exactly; symbol Ar." (Heinemann Chemistry 1, 4th Edition).An atomic mass is always near to the number of Protons and Neutrons within an atom. (12C has a relative atomic mass of exactly 12 amu, but 13C has a relative atomic mass of 13.003 amu for example). Isotopes are Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. Isotopes used in the calculation of relative atomic mass are naturally formed. The percentage of each type of isotope within a sample of an element is calculated (one way is by using a mass spectrometer). The values are then used to calculate the relative atomic mass.Example: Calculating hydrogen's relative atomic mass Hydrogen has 3 common isotopes that are naturally formed. 1H (protium), 2H (deuterium), and 3H (tritium). The atomic masses and the percentage of each of these found in a sample is found to be: Atomic Mass % in sample (values may not be exact)1H 1.008 amu 99.986%2H 2.014 amu 0.014%3H 3.016 amu 0.0001%These are then used to calculate the relative atomic mass as follows ((1.008 amu * 99.986%) + (2.014 amu * 0.014%) + (3.016 amu * 0.0001%)) / 100% Which equals approximately 1.008143856 amu.


Does atomic number and atomic mass mean the same thing?

atomic mass and mass number are differernt because atomic mass mean mass of whole atom which mean mass of proton,neutron and electron while mass number is number of proton and neutron only.zahid ullah paf college risalpur