Chemistry, asked by sobhanbera4424, 1 year ago

Atomic weight of oxygen is same, do why its neutron change

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Answered by sarveshkumar83
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The problem was that physics stuck to isotopically pure O-16 for their mass scale, and chemistry used "oxygen" (i.e., with some O-17 and O-18 present). There's 0.028% difference between those scales. That may not sound like much, but with molecules of ~200-500 amu, it starts to add up.

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