Gallium has two naturally occurring isotopes, Ga-69 with mass 68.9257 and Ga-71 withmass 70.9249. Calculate the percent abundances of these isotopes.
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hey i think some data is missing
where is the Average atomic mass of gallium
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heya...!!
here's your answer!!
Average Atomic Mass of gallium =(68.9257+70.9249)/2
=139.8506/2
=69.9253
Now the game begins :)
Let x = % abundance of 1 st isotope
then (1-x) = % abundance of 2nd isotope
by using
AAM = (W1X1 * W2X2) / 100
69.70 = {70.925 * x + 68.926 * (1-x) } / 100
6970 = 70.925x + 68.926 - 68.926x
x = 61.56
61.56% is Ga-70.92. (100-61.56)
& 38.44% is Ga-68.93.
i hope that you'll understand !!
here's your answer!!
Average Atomic Mass of gallium =(68.9257+70.9249)/2
=139.8506/2
=69.9253
Now the game begins :)
Let x = % abundance of 1 st isotope
then (1-x) = % abundance of 2nd isotope
by using
AAM = (W1X1 * W2X2) / 100
69.70 = {70.925 * x + 68.926 * (1-x) } / 100
6970 = 70.925x + 68.926 - 68.926x
x = 61.56
61.56% is Ga-70.92. (100-61.56)
& 38.44% is Ga-68.93.
i hope that you'll understand !!
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