Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 5 - Exercises - Page 240c: 40

Answer

\begin{vmatrix} Isotope & Mass(u) & Abundance\\ ^{28}Si & 27.98 & 92.21\% \\ ^{29}Si& 29.01 & 4.70\% \\ ^{30}Si&29.97 & 3.09\% \end{vmatrix}

Work Step by Step

1. The sum of all abundances must be equal to 100$\$$ (1): $$x+0.0470+0.0309 = 1$$ $$x = 1 - 0.0470- 0.0309$$ $$ x = 0.9221 $$ 2. Calculate the missing atomic mass: $$( 0.9221 )( 27.98 \space u)+( 0.0470 )( x )+( 0.0309 )( 29.97 \space u)=28.09 \space u$$ $$ ( 0.0309 )(x) = 28.09 \space u -( 0.9221 )( 27.98 \space u)-( 0.0309 )( 29.97 \space u)$$ $$ x = \frac{28.09\space u - ( 0.9221 )( 27.98 \space u)-( 0.0309 )( 29.97 \space u)}{0.0470 } $$ $$x = 29.01 \space u $$
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