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9. Hydrogen is 99% H, 0.8% ?H, and 0.2% H. Calculate its average atomic mass.

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Answer: Technically, this cannot be answered, since none of the H atoms have a mass number assigned. With the assumption noted delow, I calculate 1.012 as the average atomic mass.

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My answer is based on assumed masses for the three H isotopes:

1H : 1 AMU

2H: 2 AMU Deuterium

3H: 3AMU Tritium

AMU Rel Abund. Wt. Avg

1H 1 99.00% 0.99

2H 2 0.80% 0.016

3H 3 0.20% 0.006

Sum 1.012

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