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What is the difference between the average atomic mass given on the periodic table and the mass of an atom?
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∙ 7y ago
An Atomic Mass is the mass without any changes to it. average atomic mass is is when you average it up that's all.
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Atomic mass is the average of the masses of the naturally existing (i.e. mixture of) isotopes of one specific element.
The atomic mass number is the sum of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom (specific for one specific isotope).
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe difference between atomic mass and average atomic mass is that atomic mass has to do with the Periodic Table. and it's the number that is in each block, you subtract the number of protons from the atomic number to find the amount of neutrons in each element of the periodic table. The average atomic mass of an element is the weighted average mass of the mixture of an element's isotopes.
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∙ 14y agoThe difference between atomic mass and average atomic mass is in average atomic mass, you are taking the average of all the isotopes of one element, and averaging them. But in atomic mass, it is only the mass of the one element's isotope. For example: the atomic mass of carbon-14 is about 14 amu. Carbon 13 is about 13 amu and carbon 12 is about 12 amu. But when you take the average atomic mass, you average all the isotopes, carbon-12, -13 & -14 and divide by the number of isotopes or groups. Which in this case is 3. So, 12+13+14= 39/3 = 13. So the average atomic mass is ABOUT 13. And i say about because the masses go up to the trillionths place in decimal points but i didn't include that.
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∙ 12y agothe atomic number is the number of electrons in an atom and the atomic mass is the sum of electrons and neutrons in a atom. i.e. Potassium's atomic number is 19 (19 electrons) and its atomic mass is 39 (19 electrons + 20 neutrons)
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∙ 7y agoThe average atomic mass provided on the periodic table is just that. It is an average of the atomic masses of the different isotopes of that element, weighted based on their % abundance. The isotopes are the same element but with different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus.
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∙ 9y agoWe can find atomic mass and mass number in chemical elements. Atomic mass is about weight of the atom. Mass number is about total of neutrons and protons.
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∙ 11y agoatomic number is the no . of protons/electrons in neutral atom while the atomic mass is no. of protons+neutrons.
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∙ 9y agoWe can find atomic mass and mass number in chemical elements. Atomic mass is about weight of the atom. Mass number is about total of neutrons and protons.
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What is the difference between average atomic mass and atomic mass?
What is the difference between the periodic table and Mendeleev's table?
Mendeleev's table was arranged by atomic mass and the periodic table is arranged by protons (atomic number).
The atomic mass listed in the periodic table is the?
Average atomic mass
How is the atomic mass of each element on the periodic table calculate?
The atomic mass listed on most periodic tables is actually the average atomic mass representing the average atomic masses of the various isotopes of an element depending on their percent natural abundance. Refer to the answers.com question: What is the formula for finding average atomic mass? for a detailed explanation on how to calculate this value. (What_is_the_formula_for_finding_average_atomic_mass)
What is the average atomic mass for cobalt?
Cobalt is a meta element. Atomic mass of it is 59.
What is the difference between average atomic mass and atomic mass?
Explain what evidence is available on the periodic table that supports the idea of isotopes?
the difference between the atomic number and the average weight
What is the difference between the periodic table and Mendeleev's table?
Mendeleev's table was arranged by atomic mass and the periodic table is arranged by protons (atomic number).
The atomic mass listed in the periodic table is the?
Average atomic mass
How would the modern periodic table would be different if elements were arranged by average atomic mass instead of by atomic number?
how would the modern Periodic Table be different if elements were arranged by average Atomic Mass instead of by atomic number
What is the atomic mass on the periodic table?
Each element on the periodic table has two numbers: the atomic number and the relative atomic mass. The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, and the relative atomic mass is the total number of protons and neutrons (so the difference between them is the number of neutrons). The relative atomic mass is always the higher of the two.
What is the weighted average of the atomic masses of an element's naturally occurring isotopes is called the?
The atomic weight that is listed on the periodic table for each element is the weighted average of the atomic masses of an element's naturally occurring isotopes. So you are describing atomic weight as it is used on the periodic table.
Is the mass and atomic mass the same?
No. The atomic weight is the number on the Periodic Table and is a weighted average of the atomic masses.
What does the periodic table contain?
The four pieces of information in each box of most periodic tables are the element's name, the element's symbol, the element's average atomic weight and the element's atomic number. Other periodic tables have other information, but standard periodic tables almost always have those four.
Do the elements in a row on the periodic table have the same average atomic mass?
no.
An average of the masses of all the naturallly occurring isotopes of an element?
The weighted average for all isotopes that occur in nature for an element is its atomic weight listed on the Periodic Table of the elements.
How is the atomic mass of each element on the periodic table calculate?
The atomic mass listed on most periodic tables is actually the average atomic mass representing the average atomic masses of the various isotopes of an element depending on their percent natural abundance. Refer to the answers.com question: What is the formula for finding average atomic mass? for a detailed explanation on how to calculate this value. (What_is_the_formula_for_finding_average_atomic_mass)
