![]() In this case, the two isotopes (with their relative abundances) are: boron-10 You can find the relative abundances by measuring the lines on the stick diagram. The tallest peak is often given an arbitrary height of 100 - but you may find all sorts of other scales used. The relative sizes of the peaks gives you a direct measure of the relative abundances of the isotopes. The carbon-12 scale is a scale on which the mass of the 12C isotope weighs exactly 12 units. ![]() That means that the mass/charge ratio (m/z) gives you the mass of the isotope directly. We are assuming (and shall do all through this page) that all the ions recorded have a charge of 1+. Notes: Isotopes are atoms of the same element (and so with the same number of protons), but with different masses due to having different numbers of neutrons. The two peaks in the mass spectrum shows that there are 2 isotopes of boron - with relative isotopic masses of 10 and 11 on the 12C scale. Note: If you need to know how this diagram is obtained, you should read the page describing how a mass spectrometer works. Monatomic elements include all those except for things like chlorine, Cl 2, with molecules containing more than one atom. It also looks at the problems thrown up by elements with diatomic molecules - like chlorine, Cl 2. It shows how you can find out the masses and relative abundances of the various isotopes of the element and use that information to calculate the relative atomic mass of the element. This page looks at the information you can get from the mass spectrum of an element.
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