There are seven naturally occurring isotopes of mercury, with nucleon numbers (and relative abundances) of 196 (0.2%),

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There are seven naturally occurring isotopes of mercury, with nucleon numbers (and relative abundances) of 196 (0.2%), 198 (10%), 199 (16.8%), 200 (23.1%), 201 (13.2%), 202 (29.8%) and 204 (6.9%).

a. Determine the proton and neutron numbers for each isotope.

b. Determine the average relative atomic mass (equivalent to the ‘average nucleon number’) of naturally occurring mercury.

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Cambridge International AS And A Level Physics Coursebook

ISBN: 9781108859035

3rd Edition

Authors: David Sang, Graham Jones, Gurinder Chadha, Richard Woodside

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