Question

Element X has two isotopes. One has a mass of 45.0 amu and is 45.0% abundant. The other has a mass of 47.0 amu and is 55.0% abundant. What is the average atomic mass of element X?*
0 46.1 amu
O 36.5 amu
0 43.8 amu
0 48.9 amu

Answer 1

The average atomic mass of element X that has two isotopes (one of 45.0 amu mass and 45% abundance and the other of 47.0 amu mass and 55.0% abundance) is 46.1 amu (option 1).  

The average atomic mass (A) of element X can be calculated as follows:

$A = m_{1}\%_{1} + m_{1}\%_{1}$    (1)

Where:

m₁: is the mass of isotope 1 = 45.0 amu

m₂: is the mass of isotope 2 = 47.0 amu

%₁: is the abundance percent of isotope 1 = 45.0 %

%₂: is the abundance percent of isotope 1 = 55.0 %

Hence, the average atomic mass is (eq 1):

$A = m_{1}\%_{1} + m_{1}\%_{1} = 45.0 amu*45.0\% + 47.0 amu*55.0\% = 45.0 amu*0.45 + 47.0 amu*0.55 = 46.1 amu$  

Therefore, the average atomic mass of element X is 46.1 amu (option 1).

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