Name: Answer Key Class: Gr.
11
Isotope Practice
1. Here are three isotopes of an element: 12C
6
13C
6
14C
6
a. The element is: Carbon
b. The number 6 refers to the Atomic Number
c. The numbers 12, 13, and 14 refer to the Mass Number
d. How many protons and neutrons are in the first isotope? 6 protons & 6 neutrons
e. How many protons and neutrons are in the second isotope? 6 protons & 7 neutrons
f. How many protons and neutrons are in the third isotope? 6 protons & 8 neutrons
2. Complete the following chart:
# of # of
Isotope name atomic # mass # protons neutrons # of electrons
Potassium-37 19 37 19 18 19
Oxygen-17 8 17 8 9 8
uranium-235 92 235 92 143 92
uranium-238 92 238 92 146 92
boron-10 5 10 5 5 5
boron-11 5 11 5 6 5
DIRECTIONS: For the following problems, show your work! Be thorough.
3. Naturally occurring europium (Eu) consists of two isotopes was a mass of 151 and 153. Europium-
151 has an abundance of 48.03% and Europium-153 has an abundance of 51.97%. What is the atomic
mass of europium? Answer: 152.04 amu
4. Strontium consists of four isotopes with masses of 84 (abundance 0.50%), 86 (abundance of 9.9%),
87 (abundance of 7.0%), and 88 (abundance of 82.6%). Calculate the atomic mass of strontium.
Answer: 87.71 amu
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5. Titanium has five common isotopes: Ti (8.0%), Ti (7.8%), Ti (73.4%),
49Ti (5.5%), 50Ti (5.3%). What is the average atomic mass of titanium?
Answer: 47.92 amu
6. Calculate the atomic mass of copper if copper-63 is 69.17% abundant and copper-65 is 30.83%
abundant.
Answer: 63.62 amu
7. Boron exists in two isotopes, boron-10 and boron-11. Based on the atomic mass, which isotope should
be more abundant?
Answer: The atomic mass of boron is 10.811; therefore, boron-11 is more abundant because the
mass number is closer to the atomic mass.
8. Lithium-6 is 4% abundant and lithium-7 is 96% abundant. What is the average mass of lithium?
Answer: 6.96 amu
9. Iodine is 80% 127I, 17% 126I, and 3% 128I. Calculate the average atomic mass of iodine.
Answer: 126.86 amu
10. The natural abundance for boron isotopes is 19.9% 10B and 80.1% 11B . Calculate boron’s atomic
mass.
Answer: 126.86 amu
11. Hydrogen is 99% 1H, 0.8% 2H, and 0.2% 3H. Calculate its average atomic mass.
Answer: 1.21 amu
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12. Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white metal that has two common isotopes, Rb and Rb. If the
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abundance of Rb is 80.2% and the abundance of Rb is 19.8%, what is the average atomic mass of
rubidium?
Answer: 85.40 amu
13. What is the atomic mass of hafnium if, out of every 100 atoms, 5 have a mass of 176, 19 have a mass
of 177, 27 have a mass of 178, 14 have a mass of 179, and 35 have a mass of 180.0?
Answer: 178.55 amu
