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What is amu of 99 % H-1, .2% H-1 and .8% H-3

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The average atomic mass of your mixture is 1.03 u .

The average atomic mass of H is the weighted average of the atomic masses of its isotopes.

We multiply the atomic mass of each isotope by a number representing its relative importance (i.e., its % abundance).

Thus,

0.99 × 1.01 u = 0.998 u

0.002 × 2.01 u = 0.004 u

0.008 × 3.02 u = 0.024 u

TOTAL = 1.03 u

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