Use the data given in the following table to calculate the molar mass of naturally occurring argon isotopes:

Isotope Isotopic molar mass Abundance

³⁶Ar 35.96755 gmol^–1 0.337%

³⁸Ar 37.96272 gmol–1 0.063%

⁴⁰Ar 39.9624 gmol^–1 99.600%

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Solution

Step 1:
Average atomic mass = $\frac{S u m o f t h e p r o d u c t s o f m a s s e s a n d n a t u r a l a b u n d a c e s}{100}$
Step 2:
Molar mass of argon =

= 39.947gmol–1
Hence, the molar mass of argon is 39.947 g/mol

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