Question

There are three major isotopes of silicon: silicon-28, silicon-29, and silicon-30. Given the average atomic mass of silicon is 28.10 amu, estimate the percent abundance of the most abundant isotope of silicon.

Answer 1

Silicon-28

Step-by-step explanation:

To estimate the isotope with the highest percentage of abundance, we look at which of the isotopes have the closest resemblance to the value of the final atomic mass.

From what is given, it can be observed that the isotope with the highest value is that of the 28 because it can be seen that it is large enough to have affected the value of the isotope near it.