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To: SeeSac

One, Mass and weight aren’t the same thing.

Two Relative atomic mass is the mass of the ratio of CL 35- CL 37. It has no meaning outside of the expected ratio which can very significantly.


83 posted on 12/15/2010 9:08:01 PM PST by BenKenobi (Obama's book of the month, Herman Melville's Killin' Whitey)
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To: BenKenobi

Take it up with the IUPAC. I am done with you and your refusal to go google Chlorine.

The IUPAC definition of atomic weight is:

An atomic weight (relative atomic mass) of an element from a specified source is the ratio of the average mass per atom of the element to 1/12 of the mass of an atom of 12C.


91 posted on 12/15/2010 9:14:33 PM PST by SeeSac
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