mass number and isotopes

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What would we call this atom?

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hydrogen-2

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mass number

is the number of protons and neutrons

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what property of an atom determines which element it is?

proton number

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Chemists measure mass at the atomic level using a unit called the…

This unit is exactly equal to…

atomic mass unit

1/12th of carbon-12 atom

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what is the mass of an isotope, measured in?

AMU

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what is The mass of an isotope called?

relative isotopic mass

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The relative abundance of an isotope

is the number of atoms of that isotope that exists on Earth, as a percentage of all the atoms of that element

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Relative atomic mass

is the average mass of one atom of an element relative to one twelfth of the mass of a carbon-12 atom

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The relative abundances of all the naturally-occurring isotopes of an element must sum to...

100 percent