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  • 25-10-2016
  • Chemistry
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The atomic mass of an element depends on what?

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Jebbrey Jebbrey
  • 25-10-2016
the number of protons and neutrons
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Ammimochi
Ammimochi Ammimochi
  • 25-10-2016
The atomic mass of an element depends on the number of neutrons. Atoms with the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons are called isotopes and they each have a slightly different atomic mass. So all in all, the average atomic mass depends on the weight of all the isotopes and how frequent each isotope occurs. 
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