The masses of the 2 most common isotopes of Cl are 35 and 37. Therefore we can formulate 3 possible masses of Cl2:
Answer:
all the possible masses of [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] molecules that are made when two chlorine atoms bond together are 70,72 and 74
Explanation:
Chlorine (Cl) has two most common known isotopes these are as follows
Cl-35 and and Cl-37. It means Cl has two possible masses these are 35 and 37.
all the possible masses of [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] molecules that are made when two chlorine atoms bond together are as follows
it is possible that both the atom in [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] are Cl-35 then atomic mass of [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] will be
35 + 35 = 70
it is possible that both the atom in [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] are Cl-37 then atomic mass of [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] will be
37 + 37 = 74
it is possible that [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] is formed when Cl-37 and Cl-35 are bond together, then atomic mass of [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex] will be
35 + 37 = 72
