How does the relative abundance of each hydrogen isotope affect hydrogen average atomic mass?
To determine the average atomic mass, the masses of the individual isotopes and their relative abundances are measured using a mass spectrometer. Then the fractional abundance is multiplied by the measured isotopic mass for each isotope and the products of these multiplications are then added together to give the recorded atomic mass on the Periodic Table.
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