Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 5 - Active Learning Questions - Page 240b: 14

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The chance of picking a carbon atom with a mass of 12.011 is 0 (zero). Single atoms have integer masses (11,12,13), 12.011 is an average of the different types of carbon in nature. There is no such thing as a carbon with a mass of 12.011.
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