Average Atomic Mass Practice Problems 1.

What is the atomic mass of hafnium if, out of every 100 atoms, 5 have a mass of 176, 19 have a mass of 177, 27 have a mass of 178, 14 have a mass of 179, and 35 have a mass of 180.0? 2. Calculate the average atomic mass of lithium, which occurs as two isotopes that have the following atomic masses and abundances in nature: 6.017 u, 7.30% and 7.018 u, 92.70%. 3. Hydrogen is 99% 1H, 0.8% 2H, and 0.2% 3H. Calculate its average atomic mass. 4. Calculate the average atomic mass of magnesium using the following data for three magnesium isotopes. Isotope mass (u) relative abundance Mg-24 23.985 0.7870 Mg-25 24.986 0.1013 Mg-26 25.983 0.1117 5. Lithium has two naturally occurring isotopes: lithium-6 and lithium-7. If the average atomic mass of lithium is6.941 amu, which isotope is the most abundant? How do you know? 6. Calculate the average atomic mass of chromium. (not in percents) Isotope Mass (amu) Relative Abundance Chromium 50 49.946 0.043500 Chromium 52 51.941 0.83800 Chromium 53 52.941 0.095000 Chromium 54 53.939 0.023500 7. The average atomic mass of copper is 63.55 amu. If the only two isotopes of copper have masses of 62.94 amu and 64.93 amu, what are the percentages of each? (Think algebra) 8. Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white metal that has two common isotopes, 85Rb and 87Rb. If the abundance of 85Rb is 72.2% and the abundance of 87Rb is 27.8%, what is the average atomic mass of rubidium? 9. Uranium is used in nuclear reactors and is a rare element on earth. Uranium has three common isotopes. If the abundance of 234U is 0.01%, the abundance of 235U is 0.71%, and the abundance of 238U is 99.28%, what is the average atomic mass of uranium? 10. Titanium has five common isotopes: 46Ti (8.0%), 47Ti (7.8%), 48Ti (73.4%), 49 Ti (5.5%), 50Ti (5.3%). What is the average atomic mass of titanium? 11. Calculate the percentages of each isotope present in a mixture of: a) 113In and 115In has an average mass of 114.8 u. b) Naturally occurring silicon consists of three isotopes, 28Si, 29Si, and 30Si, whose atomic masses are 27.9769, 28.9865, and 29.9838, respectively. The most abundant isotope is 28Si, which accounts for 92.23% of naturally occurring silicon. Given that the observed atomic mass of silicon is 28.0855, calculate the percentages of 29Si and 30Si in nature.