, which is not a quantity• Silicon exists in nature as a mixture of three isotopes: 28 Si, 29 Si and 30 Si | the name has been in continuous use for the same quantity since it was first conceptualized in 1808;• The updated list of standard atomic weights is expected to be formally published in late 2008 |
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, which is not a molar quantity a quantity expressed per unit amount of substance It could be added that atomic weight is often not truly "atomic" either, as it does not correspond to the property of any individual atom | , which is not a force• Atomic weights, unlike the masses of individual atoms, not to be confused with relative atomic mass , are not , but vary from sample to sample of elements that are not |
Highly accurate atomic masses are available for virtually all non-radioactive nuclides, but isotopic compositions are both harder to measure to high precision and more subject to variation between samples.
16The basic objection is that atomic weight is not a , that is the exerted on an object in a , measured in units of force such as the | The IUPAC International Union Of Pure And Applied Chemistry Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights in August 2007 that the standard atomic weights of the following elements would be revised new figures quoted here : 174 |
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For example, from has a lower atomic weight than boron from , because of its different | In reply, supporters of the term "atomic weight" point out among other arguments that• the term "relative atomic mass" should be reserved for the mass of a specific or , while "atomic weight" be used for the of the atomic masses over all the atoms in the sample;• The definition deliberately specifies " An atomic weight…", as an element will have different atomic weights depending on the source |
The term "relative atomic mass" of the element may also be used to describe this physical quantity, and is synonymous with it.
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