There are only two isotopes of gallium: ^69Ga (68.926 amu) and ^71Ga(70.025 amu). The average atomic mass of gallium is 69.723 a

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There are only two isotopes of gallium: ^69Ga (68.926 amu) and ^71Ga(70.025 amu). The average atomic mass of gallium is 69.723 a

mu. What is the percent of abundance of gallium-69? Please show all calculations involved.

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SVEN [57.7K] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-06T14:11:14+03:00

The question ask for the percentage of the abundance of galium-69 where there is two isotopes of galium: the 69Ga and the 71Ga. The average atomic mass of gallium is 69.723 amu. So the formula would be <span>69.723amu=(%x)∗(68.926amu)+(1−%x)∗(70.025amu) and the answer to this is 1.58%</span>