Chemistry A-Level
Relative isotopic mass from peak position
What Relative isotopic mass from peak position means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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For a sample of an element, each peak corresponds to an isotope, and its position gives the relative isotopic mass of that isotope.
Topics that use Relative isotopic mass from peak position
- 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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