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What is the reason for selecting hydrogen and later oxygen to be taken as basis of atomic mass

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Answered by ItsAishu
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Oxygen was chosen because it forms chemical compounds with many other elements, simplifying determination of their atomic weights. Sixteen was chosen because it was the lowest whole number that could be assigned to oxygen and still have an atomic weight for hydrogen that was not less than 1.

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Oxygen was chosen because it forms chemical compounds with many other elements, simplifying determination of their atomic weights. Sixteen was chosen because it was the lowest whole number that could be assigned to oxygen and still have an atomic weight for hydrogen that was not less than 1.

Answered by nehalgoyal2006
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i honestly dont know....so sorry

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