Isotopes and Relative Atomic Mass

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    • Isotope: Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.
    • Relative Atomic Mass: average mass of all the isotopes of an element.
    • Relative abundance: how much there is of each isotope compared to the total amount of the element in the world.
    • Calculate relative atomic mass:
      1. Multiply the mass of each isotope by its relative abundance
      2. Add together
      3. Divide by the sum of the relative abundances
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