Chemistry 5070 · O Level · Isotopes

Isotopes — practice question

Table 2.1 lists the percentage abundances of four isotopes in a titanium sample taken from an asteroid.
(a)[1]

Describe one distinction between the isotopes $^{46}_{22}Ti$ and $^{47}_{22}Ti$.

(b)[1]

Explain why all the isotopes of titanium have the same chemical properties.

(c)[2]

Show by calculation that the relative atomic mass for this titanium sample is 47.84.

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