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    Chemistry Form 4: Chapter 3: Chemical Formulae and Equations

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    This document provides an overview of relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass. It explains that relative mass is a comparison of an object's mass to a standard mass. Historically, hydrogen was used as the standard but carbon-12 is now used instead because it is a solid, exists in many substances, and is easier to measure. The document defines relative atomic mass as the mass of an atom compared to 1/12 the mass of one carbon-12 atom. It provides examples of calculating relative molecular masses and comparing the masses of different elements using their relative atomic masses.

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    This document provides an overview of relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass. It explains that relative mass is a comparison of an object's mass to a standard mass. Historically, hydrogen was used as the standard but carbon-12 is now used instead because it is a solid, exists in many substances, and is easier to measure. The document defines relative atomic mass as the mass of an atom compared to 1/12 the mass of one carbon-12 atom. It provides examples of calculating relative molecular masses and comparing the masses of different elements using their relative atomic masses.

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    Chemistry Form 4: Chapter 3: Chemical Formulae and Equations

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    CHEMISTRY FORM 4

    Chapter 3: Chemical Formulae and Equations

    Subtopic 3.1: Relative Atomic Mass and Relative Molecular Mass

    Learning outcomes:
    State the meaning of relative atomic mass based on carbon- 12 scale State the meaning of relative molecular mass based on carbon-12 scale State why carbon-12 is used as a standard for determining relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass Calculate the relative molecular mass of substances.

    What is a Relative Mass?


    A relative mass of an object is the comparison of the mass of the object to a standard object.

    A) Comparison with the hydrogen atom - Hydrogen is the lightest atom - The relative atomic mass of hydrogen is 1

    Relative Atomic Mass = of an Element

    However, we dont use hydrogen as our standard. It is big difficult to use because it is a gas. -Difficult to measure its mass - It has a number of isotopes with different masses. So, cannot measure exactly. 14 - Not all elements can combine / react with hydrogen

    B) Comparison With Carbon-12 Atom


    Carbon-12 is used as standard because - of its existence in most substances - carbon-12 is a solid RAM of H = 1; C = 12
    Mass of 1 Hydrogen atom = . mass of 1 carbon atom
    1/12

    Therefore.

    12 hydrogen atoms

    2 carbon atoms

    Try this!!
    C) How many times is one magnesium atom heavier than one helium atom? [RAM of H=1; C=12; Mg=24; He=4] Answer: 24 = 6 times 4

    d) How many atoms of helium has the same mass as 3 atoms of carbon? [RAM of H=1; C=12; Mg=24; He=4] Answer: Mass of 3 carbon atoms = 3 12 = 36 RAM of He = 4 So, 36/4 = 9 Therefore, 9 helium atoms = 3 carbon atoms

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