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Theatomicnumberofhydrogenis1.Thestandardatomicweightofhydrogenis1.008(thisvalueisnotgivenhereasanexpectationinterval,asitisinelementsbelow).Atomicweightisthesameasrelativeatomicmass.Theatomicweightsofsamplesofhydrogenwillvaryaccordingtotheircontentofheavyhydrogen(deuterium),andthiswillinturndependuponwherethesamplesarecollected.
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Relativeatomicmass(symbol:Ar)isadimensionlessphysicalquantity,theratiooftheaveragemassofatomsofanelement(fromasinglegivensampleorsource)to112ofthemassofanatomofcarbon12(knownas
theunifiedatomicmassunit).[1][2]Therelativeatomicmassisastatisticalterm,referringtoanabundanceweightedfigureinvolvingmeasurementofmanyatoms.Asinallrelatedterms,theword"relative"referstomakingthefigurerelativetocarbon12,sothatthefinalfigureisdimensionless.
Thetermrelativeatomicmassisexactlyequivalenttoatomicweight,whichistheolderterm.Intechnicalusage,thesevaluesaresamplespecific(i.e.,elementsourcespecific)whenanaturalelementsourceiscomposedofmorethanoneisotope.Thus,twosamplesofachemicalelementwhichisnaturallyfoundasbeingcomposedofmorethanoneisotope,collectedfromtwosubstantiallydifferentsources,areexpectedtogiveslightlydifferentrelativeatomicmasses(atomicweights),becauseisotopicconcentrationstypicallyvaryslightlyduetothehistory(origin)ofthesource.Thesevaluesdifferencesarerealandrepeatable,andcanbeusedtoidentifyspecificsamples.Forexample,asampleofelementalcarbonfromvolcanicmethanewillhaveadifferentrelativeatomicmass(atomicweight)thanonecollectedfromplantoranimaltissues(formore,seeisotopegeochemistry).Inshort,theatomicweight(relativeatomicmass)ofcarbonvariesslightlyfromplacetoplaceandfromsourcetosource,afactthatcanbeuseful.However,atypical(standard)figurealsocanbeuseful,asfollows.
Boththetermsrelativeatomicmassandatomicweightaresometimeslooselyusedtorefertoatechnicallydifferentstandardizedexpectationvalue,calledthestandardatomicweight.Thisvalueisthemeanvalueofatomicweightsofanumberof"normalsamples"oftheelementinquestion.Forthisdefinition,"[a]normalsampleisanyreasonablypossiblesourceoftheelementoritscompoundsincommerceforindustryandscienceandhasnotbeensubjecttosignificantmodificationofisotopiccompositionwithinageologicallybriefperiod."[3]ThesestandardatomicweightsarepublishedatregularintervalsbytheCommissiononIsotopicAbundancesandAtomicWeightsoftheInternationalUnionofPureandAppliedChemistry(IUPAC)[4][5]The"standard"valuesareintendedasmeanvaluesthatcompensateforsmallvariancesintheisotopiccompositionofthechemicalelementsacrossarangeofordinarysamplesonEarth,andthustobeapplicabletonormallaboratorymaterials.However,theymaynotaccuratelyreflectvaluesfromsamplesfromunusuallocationsorextraterrestrialobjects,whichoftenhavemorewidelyvariantisotopiccompositions.
Thestandardatomicweightsarereprintedinawidevarietyoftextbooks,commercialcatalogues,PeriodicTablewallchartsetc.,andinthetablebelow.Theyarewhatchemistslooselycall"atomicweights."
Thecontinueduseoftheterm"atomicweight"(ofanyelement),asopposedto"relativeatomicmass"hasattractedconsiderablecontroversy,sinceatleastthe1960s,mainlyduetothetechnicaldifferencebetweenweightandmassinphysics.[6](seebelow).BothtermsareofficiallysanctionedbyIUPAC.The
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ExcerptoftheIUPACPeriodicTableoftheElementsshowingtheintervalnotationofthestandardatomicweightsofboron,carbon,andnitrogen(ChemistryInternational,IUPAC).Example:thepiechartforboronshowsittobecomposedofabout20%B10and80%B11.ThisisotopemixcausesthestandardatomicweightofordinaryEarthlyboronsamplestobeexpectedtofallwithintheinterval10.806to10.821.Boronsamplesfromunusualsources,particularlynonterrestrialsources,mighthavemeasuredatomicweightsthatfalloutsidethisrange.Atomicweightandrelativeatomicmassaresynonyms.
term"relativeatomicmass"nowseemstobegainingasthepreferredtermover"atomicweight,"althoughinthecaseof"standardatomicweight,"thisshorterterm(asopposedto"standardrelativeatomicmass")continuestobepreferred.
Contents
1Definition(andcloselyrelatedterm)1.1Currentdefinition1.2Historicalamu
2Differingtermsreferringtothemassofsingleatoms3Namingcontroversy4Determinationofrelativeatomicmass5Periodictablewithrelativeatomicmasses6Seealso7References8Externallinks
Definition(andcloselyrelatedterm)
Relativeatomicmass(nottobeconfusedwithrelativeisotopicmass)isasynonymforatomicweight,andinsomecircumstancesmayevenbesynonymouswithstandardatomicweight(dependingonthesample,seebelow).Itisanaverageatomicmass,ortheweightedmeanoftheatomicmassesofalltheatomsofaparticularchemicalelementfoundinaparticularsample,whichisthen
standardizedbycomparisontocarbon12.[7]RelativeatomicmassisfrequentlyusedasasynonymforthestandardatomicweightanditiscorrecttodosoiftherelativeatomicmassusedisthatforanelementfromEarthunderdefinedconditions.However,relativeatomicmasscoversmorethan
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standardatomicweights,andisalessspecifictermthatmaymorebroadlyrefertononterrestrialenvironmentsandhighlyspecificterrestrialenvironmentsthatdeviatefromEarthaverageorhavedifferentcertainties(numberofsignificantfigures)thandothestandardatomicweights.StandardatomicweightreferstotheexpectedrelativeatomicmassoratomicweightofanelementsampleinthelocalenvironmentoftheEarth'scrustandatmosphereasdeterminedbythe
IUPACCommissiononAtomicWeightsandIsotopicAbundances.[8]Becausethesestandardatomicweightsareanaverage(mean)ofrelativeisotopicmassesforagivenelementfromdifferentsources(placesonEarth),standardatomicweightsaresubjecttonaturalvariation.Anuncertaintyinbracketsoranexpectationintervalmaythereforebeincludedinsourcesofstandardatomicweights(seeexampleinillustrationimmediatelyabove).Thisuncertaintyreflectsnaturalvariabilityinisotopicdistributionforanelement,ratherthanuncertaintyinmeasurement(whichis
muchsmallerwithqualityinstruments).[9]
AlthoughthereisanattempttocovertherangeofvariabilityonEarthwithstandardatomicweightfigures,thereareknowncasesofmineralsampleswhichcontainelementswithatomicweightsthatareoutliersfromthestandardatomicweightrange.[10]
Lithiumrepresentsauniquecasewherethenaturalabundancesoftheisotopeshaveinsomecasesbeenfoundtohavebeenperturbedbyhumanisotopicseparationactivitiestothepointofaffectingtheuncertaintyinitsstandardatomicweight,eveninsamplesobtainedfromnaturalsources,suchasrivers.
Forsyntheticelementstheisotopeformeddependsonthemeansofsynthesis,sotheconceptofnaturalisotopeabundancehasnomeaning.Therefore,forsyntheticelementsthetotalnucleoncountofthemoststableisotope(i.e.,theisotopewiththelongesthalflife)islistedinbrackets,inplaceofthestandardatomicweight.
Whentheterm"atomicweight"isusedinchemistry,usuallyitisthemorespecificstandardatomicweightthatisimplied.Itisstandardatomicweightsthatareusedinperiodictablesandmanystandardreferencesinordinaryterrestrialchemistry.
Currentdefinition
PrevailingIUPACdefinitionstakenfromthe"GoldBook"are
atomicweightSee:relativeatomicmass[11]
and
relativeatomicmass(atomicweight)Theratiooftheaveragemassoftheatomtotheunified
atomicmassunit.[12]
Herethe"unifiedatomicmassunit"refersto1/12ofthemassofanatomof12Cinitsgroundstate.[13]
TheIUPACdefinition[1]ofrelativeatomicmassis:
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Anatomicweight(relativeatomicmass)ofanelementfromaspecifiedsourceistheratiooftheaveragemassperatomoftheelementto1/12ofthemassofanatomof12C.
Thedefinitiondeliberatelyspecifies"Anatomicweight",asanelementwillhavedifferentrelativeatomicmassesdependingonthesource.Forexample,boronfromTurkeyhasalowerrelativeatomicmassthanboronfromCalifornia,becauseofitsdifferentisotopiccomposition.[14][15]Nevertheless,giventhecostanddifficultyofisotopeanalysis,itisusualtousethetabulatedvaluesofstandardatomicweightswhichareubiquitousinchemicallaboratories.
Historicalamu
Older(pre1961)historicalrelativescales(basedontheatomicmassunit,ora.m.u.,oramu)usedeithertheoxygen16relativeisotopicmassforreference,orelsetheoxygenrelativeatomicmass(i.e.,atomicweight)forreference.Seethearticleonthehistoryofthemodernunifiedatomicmassunitfortheresolutionoftheseproblemsin1961.
Differingtermsreferringtothemassofsingleatoms
Relativeisotopicmassisasimilarsoundingtermwhichreferstoaquitedifferentquantity,specificallytheratioofthemassofasingleatomtothemassofaunifiedatomicmassunit,expressedasadimensionlessnumber.Therelativeisotopicmass(ofsingleatoms,etc.)isdiscussedinthearticleonatomicmass,withwhichitissynonymous,saveforchoiceofmassunits.
Namingcontroversy
Theuseofthename"atomicweight"hasattractedagreatdealofcontroversyamongscientists.[6]Objectorstothenameusuallyprefertheterm"relativeatomicmass"(nottobeconfusedwithatomicmass).Thebasicobjectionisthatatomicweightisnotaweight,thatistheforceexertedonanobjectinagravitationalfield,measuredinunitsofforcesuchasthenewtonorpoundal.
Inreply,supportersoftheterm"atomicweight"pointout(amongotherarguments)[6]that
thenamehasbeenincontinuoususeforthesamequantitysinceitwasfirstconceptualizedin
1808[16]
formostofthattime,atomicweightsreallyweremeasuredbyweighing(thatisbygravimetricanalysis)andthatthenameofaphysicalquantityshouldnotchangesimplybecausethemethodofitsdeterminationhaschangedtheterm"relativeatomicmass"shouldbereservedforthemassofaspecificnuclide(orisotope),while"atomicweight"beusedfortheweightedmeanoftheatomicmassesoveralltheatomsinthesampleitisnotuncommontohavemisleadingnamesofphysicalquantitieswhichareretainedforhistoricalreasons,suchas
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Isotope Atomicmass[18]Abundance[19]
Standard Range28Si 27.97692653246(194) 92.2297(7)% 92.2192.25%29Si 28.976494700(22) 4.6832(5)% 4.674.69%30Si 29.973770171(32) 3.0872(5)% 3.083.10%
electromotiveforce,whichisnotaforceresolvingpower,whichisnotapowerquantitymolarconcentration,whichisnotamolarquantity(aquantityexpressedperunitamountofsubstance).
Itcouldbeaddedthatatomicweightisoftennottruly"atomic"either,asitdoesnotcorrespondtothepropertyofanyindividualatom.Thesameargumentcouldbemadeagainst"relativeatomicmass"usedinthissense.
Determinationofrelativeatomicmass
Modernrelativeatomicmasses(atermspecifictoagivenelementsample)arecalculatedfrommeasuredvaluesofatomicmass(foreachnuclide)andisotopiccompositionofasample.Highlyaccurateatomicmassesareavailable[17][18]forvirtuallyallnonradioactivenuclides,butisotopiccompositionsarebothhardertomeasuretohighprecisionandmoresubjecttovariationbetweensamples.[19][20]Forthisreason,therelativeatomicmassesofthe22mononuclidicelements(whicharethesameastheisotopicmassesforeachofthesinglenaturallyoccurringnuclidesoftheseelements)areknowntoespeciallyhighaccuracy.Forexample,thereisanuncertaintyofonlyonepartin38millionfortherelativeatomicmassoffluorine,aprecisionwhichisgreaterthanthecurrentbestvaluefortheAvogadroconstant(onepartin20million).
Thecalculationisexemplifiedforsilicon,whoserelativeatomicmassisespeciallyimportantinmetrology.Siliconexistsinnatureasamixtureofthreeisotopes:28Si,29Siand30Si.Theatomicmassesofthesenuclidesareknowntoaprecisionofonepartin14billionfor28Siandaboutonepartinonebillionfortheothers.Howevertherangeofnaturalabundancefortheisotopesissuchthatthestandardabundancecanonlybegiventoabout0.001%(seetable).Thecalculationis
Ar(Si)=(27.976930.922297)+(28.976490.046832)+(29.973770.030872)=28.0854
Theestimationoftheuncertaintyiscomplicated,[21]especiallyasthesampledistributionisnotnecessarilysymmetrical:theIUPACstandardrelativeatomicmassesarequotedwithestimatedsymmetricaluncertainties,[22]andthevalueforsiliconis28.0855(3).Therelativestandarduncertaintyinthisvalueis1 105or10ppm.Tofurtherreflectthisnaturalvariability,in2010,IUPACmadethedecisiontolisttherelativeatomicmassesof10elementsasanintervalratherthanafixednumber.[23]
Periodictablewithrelativeatomicmasses
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14GroupPeriod
1 H1.008
2 Li6.94
Be9.012
B10.81
C12.01 14.01
3 Na22.99
Mg24.31
Al26.98
Si28.09 30.97
4 K39.10
Ca40.08
Sc44.96
Ti47.87
V50.94
Cr52.00
Mn54.94
Fe55.85
Co58.93
Ni58.69
Cu63.55
Zn65.38
Ga69.72
Ge72.63
As74.92
5 Rb85.47
Sr87.62
Y88.91
Zr91.22
Nb92.91
Mo95.95
Tc[97.91]
Ru101.07
Rh102.91
Pd106.42
Ag107.87
Cd112.41
In114.82
Sn118.71
Sb121.76
6 Cs132.91
Ba137.33
Hf178.49
Ta180.95
W183.84
Re186.21
Os190.23
Ir192.22
Pt195.08
Au196.97
Hg200.59
Tl204.38
Pb207.2 208.98
7 Fr[223.02]
Ra[226.03]
Rf[267.12]
Db[268.13]
Sg[271.13]
Bh[270.13]
Hs[277.15]
Mt[278.16]
Ds[281.17]
Rg[281.16]
Cn[285.18]
Uut[286.19]
Fl[289.19]
Uup[289.19]
La138.91
Ce140.12
Pr140.91
Nd144.24
Pm[144.91]
Sm150.36
Eu151.96
Gd157.25
Tb158.93
Dy162.50
Ho164.93
Er167.26
Tm168.93
Ac[227.03]
Th232.04
Pa231.04
U238.03
Np[237.05]
Pu[244.06]
Am[243.06]
Cm[247.07]
Bk[247.07]
Cf[251.08]
Es[252.08]
Fm[257.10]
Md[258.10]
Primordial Fromdecay Synthetic Bordershowsnaturaloccurrenceoftheelement
Backgroundcolorshowssubcategoryinthemetalmetalloidnonmetaltrend:Metal
Metalloid
Nonmetal Unknownchemicalproperties
Alkalimetal
Alkalineearthmetal
Lanthanide Actinide
Transitionmetal
Posttransitionmetal
Polyatomicnonmetal
Diatomicnonmetal Noblegas
Seealso
InternationalUnionofPureandAppliedChemistry(IUPAC)CommissiononIsotopicAbundancesandAtomicWeights
References
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recommendedvaluefortheisotopeamountratioof40Ar/36Ar(whichcouldbeusefulasacontrolmeasurementinargonargondating)wasalsochangedfrom296.03(53)to298.56(31).
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