This week, on Wednesday, our chemistry class did a lab about an imaginary element named "beanium". The purpose of using this imaginary element was so we could see it with the naked eye, since it is macroscopic. To carry out the lab, we counted the number of atoms of each isotope present, and then used an electric scale to find the total mass of each isotope. We also found the average mass and the percent abundance of each isotope. Then, using previous knowledge and the formula that we learned a couple days before, we calculated the average atomic mass of beanium. The formula we used is explained on this website:
Average Atomic Mass Equation Explanation
This lab helped me understand how to find all of the values of isotopes I listed above, because we were able to actually physically see and touch the "atoms". Overall, this was a fun and enlightening lab, that will help me in the future, when I have to calculate the same thing with real-life isotopes.
Here is a picture of the beanium atoms, while we were sorting/counting them:
Source of picture: taken by myself
This is a good website to look at. Thanks for sharing!
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