Answer to Question #138507 in General Chemistry for Jake

Question

Based on the atomic mass of the element nitrogen on the Periodic Table, compare the relative abundances of the naturally occurring isotopes of nitrogen.

Answer 1

The atomic mass of the element nitrogen on the Periodic Table is 14.007. It is very close to 14 - integer number. That shows that the abundance of natural isotope with mass number 14 is preiminent. While other isotopes are in minor quantities. In fact, we have the abundance of nitrogen-14 of 99.6%. That proves our suggestion.