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Neon has 3 naturally occurring isotopes, Neon-20, Neon-21, and Neon-22. Neon's average atomic mass on the periodic table is 20.179 amu. Based on this information which isotope is most abundant? Explain
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Neon has 3 naturally occurring isotopes, Neon-20, Neon-21, and Neon-22. Neon's average atomic mass on the periodic table is 20.179 amu. Based on this information which isotope is most abundant? Explain why abundance of an isotope matters when calculating the average atomic mass of an isotope. ​

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Neon - 20 is the most abundant. Abundance matters as the average atomic mass has to take into account the amount of one isotope. The more abundance the more mass, the closed the average atomic mass is to the mass of that one isotope
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