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Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

This document defines key concepts related to atomic mass. It begins by explaining that relative atomic mass is the comparison of an atom's mass to a standard atom, such as carbon-12. It then defines the atomic mass unit (amu) as 1/12 the mass of one carbon-12 atom. The amu is used to measure the mass of individual atoms. For example, one hydrogen atom has a mass of about 1.008 amu. The document concludes by noting that the average atomic mass takes into account the relative abundances of an element's different isotopes.

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Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

This document defines key concepts related to atomic mass. It begins by explaining that relative atomic mass is the comparison of an atom's mass to a standard atom, such as carbon-12. It then defines the atomic mass unit (amu) as 1/12 the mass of one carbon-12 atom. The amu is used to measure the mass of individual atoms. For example, one hydrogen atom has a mass of about 1.008 amu. The document concludes by noting that the average atomic mass takes into account the relative abundances of an element's different isotopes.

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SOME BASIC CONCEPTS

OF CHEMISTRY
- CHAPTER-1
ATOMIC MASS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the session you will be able to

● Define relative atomic mass


● Understand how to measure the mass of an atom
● Define amu
How do you think
you can calculate
the mass of a
single atom?
Relative Mass
A relative mass of an object is the comparison of the mass of the object to a
standard object.

Relative Atomic Mass


The mass of an atom when compared to another is known as the relative atomic
mass
ATOMIC MASS UNIT
● The relative atomic mass of an element is the average mass of one atom of the element when compared
with 1/12th of the mass of an atom of carbon-12, which is taken as 12 units

● 1/12th of the mass of an atom of carbon-12 is named as 1 atomic mass unit

● The mass of one carbon atom is 12 amu

● 1/12th of the mass of an atom of carbon-12 is named as 1 atomic mass unit(amu)

● The mass of one carbon atom is 12 amu


1 amu= = 1.66056×10–24 g

Let us try to calculate,

the mass of hydrogen atom = 1.6736 x 10 –24g


------------------------
1.66056 x 10–24 g
= 1.0078 amu
= 1.0080 amu

● ‘amu’ has been replaced by ‘u’ which is known as unified mass


AVERAGE ATOMIC MASS -for isotopes

Average atomic mass is the weighed average of all isotopes

To calculate the atomic mass of these isotopes ,


and their relative abundance (per cent occurrence), the average atomic mass of
that element is calculated
EXAMPLE 1
PROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE

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