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  • 02-08-2018
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Carbon exists in nature as three isotopes. Given the atomic masses and relative abundance of the isotopes, what is the average atomic mass of carbon?

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  • 02-08-2018

The most abundant carbon isotope is carbon-12.

The relative atomic mass of carbon is 12.011, which is extremely close to 12.0. This means that the masses C-13, and C-14 are practically negligible when contributing to the relative atomic mass of carbon.

the C-12 isotope makes up 98.9% of carbon atoms, C-13 makes up 1.1% of carbon atoms, and C-14 makes up just a trace of carbon atoms as they are found in nature.

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