How To Calculate Atomic Mass?

Find each isotope of the element

Note the mass of each isotope

Note the natural abundance of each isotope

Convert each abundance percentage to a decimal

Multiply each isotope’s mass by its decimal abundance

Add all the products together

Use this formula: atomic mass = (m1 × a1) + (m2 × a2) + (m3 × a3) + …

Express the final value in atomic mass units (amu) or daltons

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