Parent Abundance

Isotopes

What are isotopes and isotopic notation and how do you calculate the average atomic mass?

Isotopes 

• Same protons(atomic number) and electrons (so neutral)

• Have different number of neutrons so different mass numbers

• Are defined as different percents of the total average atomic mass

• Often are presented as isotopic notation

Writing and defining isotopic notation

How to translate isotopic notation

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Give the protons, neutrons, and electrons for the following isotopic notation of silicon(Si)

²⁹ ₁₄ Si

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Give the isotopic notation for atomic number 10 neon (Ne-21)

How do I determine the average atomic mass?

• multiply the atomic mass given for the isotope by its' given percent abundance 

• add this to the next isotopes given atomic mass times its' given percent abundance

• then divide by 100.

• The formula in the video converts each percent to decimal form first, this is another way to do these problems

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Calculate the average atomic mass of hydrogen given the following

² ₁H is 0.05% abundance and

¹₁H ^is 98.95 % abundance

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Which isotope of chlorine has the higher percent abundance given that the periodic table says the average atomic mass of chlorine is 35.45 amu

³⁵ ₁₇Cl or ³⁴₁₇Cl