Why is carbon used to calculate atomic mass of an element?
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First of all, relative atomic mass, means that what is the atomic wight of any atom compared to atomic weight of carbon atom. Or we can say how many times any atom is heavier then 1/12 mass of carbon.
Now, question arrises that why only carbon?
=> because atomic weight of carbon is 12 and also, no. of proton and neutron were also 6 each which sums up to 12. So it was concluded that carbon will be the best atom for comparison of atomic masses of other elements' atom as it had exactly 12 atomic mass.
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Now, question arrises that why only carbon?
=> because atomic weight of carbon is 12 and also, no. of proton and neutron were also 6 each which sums up to 12. So it was concluded that carbon will be the best atom for comparison of atomic masses of other elements' atom as it had exactly 12 atomic mass.
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