Answer is: silicon isotope with mass number 28 has highest relative abundance, this isotope is the most common of these three isotopes.
Ar₁(Si) = 28; the average atomic mass of isotope ²⁸Si.
Ar₂(Si) =29; the average atomic mass of isotope ²⁹Si.
Ar₃(Si) =30; the average atomic mass of isotope ³⁰Si.
Silicon (Si) is composed of three stable isotopes, ₂₈Si (92.23%), ₂₉Si (4.67%) and ₃₀Si (3.10%).
ω₁(Si) = 92.23%; mass percentage of isotope ²⁸Si.
ω₂(Si) = 4.67%; mass percentage of isotope ²⁹Si.
ω₃(Si) = 3.10%; mass percentage of isotope ³⁰Si.
Ar(Si) = 28.086 amu; average atomic mass of silicon.
Ar(Si) = Ar₁(Si) · ω₁(B) + Ar₂(Si) · ω₂(Si) + Ar₃(Si) · ω₃(Si).
28,086 = 28 · 0.9223 + 29 · 0.0467 + 30 · 0.031.
The postulates of Dalton's theory were:
1) Elements are made of extremely small particles called atoms
2) <span>Atoms of a given element are identical in size, mass, and other properties
</span>3) <span>Atoms cannot be subdivided, created, or destroyed</span>
4) Atoms combine in whole number ratio to form compounds
5) Chemical reactions are the rearrangement of atoms
The third postulate has been disproved by modern science, in which the atom has been split and been subdivided into smaller parts such as the neutron, proton and electron, which are further subdivided into quarks, gluons, and kaons.
The second postulate was also disproved upon the discovery of isotopes.
<span>As metal carbonates react with acid, a neutralization reaction happens. Salt, water, and carbon dioxide are produced.</span><span />
