To: BenKenobi
CL 35 the 35 means that it has 17 protons and 18 neutrons. Why isnt this 35.000 instead of 35.453? Because the mass of the neutron is the combined mass of a proton plus an electron. Thats where you get the extra bit on. NO NO NO!
64 posted on
12/15/2010 8:35:05 PM PST by
SeeSac
To: SeeSac
I second that.
NO
NO
NO
NO
The atomic weight is 35.5 because of isotopes.
67 posted on
12/15/2010 8:37:17 PM PST by
Hoodat
(Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
To: SeeSac
So what’s the atomic mass of CL 35 then.
I’m waiting.
68 posted on
12/15/2010 8:38:05 PM PST by
BenKenobi
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