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Why is the atomic mass of iodine-131 not "126.904g/moll"?


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Isotopes:

  • Isotopes are those elements that have the same atomic number but a different mass number.
  • An example is a chlorine atom has two isotopes: chlorine-35 and chlorine-37.

Atomic mass

  • Each element has its own atomic mass.
  • The unit of atomic mass is u(unified mass)

The atomic mass of iodine:

  • The atomic mass of an iodine atom is 126.904, this means that it has 53 protons and 74 neutrons.
  • An isotope of iodine is iodine-131, which has 53 protons and 78 neutrons.
  • The mass number of this isotope is 131.
  • As a result, the average atomic mass of iodine is 126.904, and iodine-131 is an isotope of iodine.

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