Chemistry A-Level
Relative atomic mass as a weighted mean
What Relative atomic mass as a weighted mean means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A comparison of the weighted mean mass of an element's atoms, allowing for isotope abundances, with the same ¹²C standard.
Topics that use Relative atomic mass as a weighted mean
- Atomic structure and isotopes (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- atomic number
- Calculation accuracy
- isotopes
- Isotopic abundance
- Isotopic abundance and its effect on the mean
- mass number
- Molecular versus ionic substances
- Relative atomic mass
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