Explain why knowing both the masses of an element’s two naturally occurring isotopes…

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Atomic structure · Atomic structure

Problem

Explain why knowing both the masses of an element’s two naturally occurring isotopes and its experimentally determined average atomic mass makes it possible to calculate the percent abundance of each isotope.

Related theory

Subatomic Particles
Atomic Structure
Atomic number, isotopes and isobars
Structure of Atom
Isotopes
The nuclear atom

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