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Describe how you would determine the isotopic abundance of an element from its mass spectrum.
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Obtain the mass spectrum: First, we need to obtain the mass spectrum of the element. A mass spectrum is a plot of the relative abundance of each isotope against their mass-to-charge ratio (m/z). This can be obtained using a mass spectrometer, which ionizes and Show more…
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