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Relative Atomic Mass

AQA AS-level ChemistryAmount of SubstanceLesson 1 of 33

Because most elements have more than one isotope and naturally occurring elements have different proportions of each isotope, the relative atomic mass is used for calculations involving the mass of atoms.

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Isotopes
Atoms of the same element with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.

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