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Percent Abundance?
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September 01, 2008, 11:23:47 PM »
I know you can just look them up, but suppose we are given two isotopes of an element and their atomic masses (-NO percentages-). What is the easiest way to calculate there relative or "natural" abundance?
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Atomic Mass is just a weighted average.
Atomic Mass = (%A * Mass A) + (%B * Mass B)
It is very simple for two things. You know the total percentage is 100% (or 1 in proper decimal form)
So we arbitrarily call one x, and the other 100% - x (In reality 1 -x)
Atomic Mass = (x% A * Mass A) + (100-x% B * Mass B) = ((x/100)A * Mass A) + (
(
(
1-x
)
/100
)
)B * Mass B)
You just have to do some basic algebra and solve for X.
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