Atomic Mass of Candium

July 21, 2015

Atomic Mass of Candium

           In this lab, the students were given three variations of M&Ms (regular, peanut, pretzel). The goal was to find the Atomic Mass of the M&M. To find the Atomic Mass, the average mass of regular, peanut, and pretzel candium had to be found. I had to find the mass of all the regular, peanut, and pretzel candium isotopes, then divided by the number of isotopes in sample to find the average. Then the percent and decimal abundance had to be found to determine the average atomic mass.

The average atomic mass was 1.40.

July 21, 2015

Conclusion: 

1. Our average was 1.40. As we compared our average with another group who got 0.98, we realized our result was far greater than theirs. I would attribute this error in result due to the random choosing of combinations when scooping M&M out of the bucket.

2. I do not think it will matter whether the quantity is bigger or lesser. The number of each type of pretzels are random so the probability that you 'll get a bigger average is coincidential.

3. It would be close but not exact, because every M&M would weigh differently.

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