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FAQAtoms, elements, and ions:
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Ions
Isotopes
- How can I estimate isotopic abundances?
- How does a mass spectrometer separate isotopes?
- What is an isotope?
Subatomic particles
- What are alpha particles?
- Do movements of electrons and of nuclei affect each other?
- How do you find the number of neutrons in an atom?
- What is a "dalton"?
- Why is atomic number called "Z"? Why is mass number called "A"?
The experimental basis of atomic theory
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