3 Question blog #4 (October 13, 2017)

Within the last two weeks we have completed an Atom PHET sim packet, as well as exploring isotopes and average atomic mass lab. What I have recently learned is that the atomic mass of an element is the weighted average of the masses of the isotopes of that element. I plan on improving my understanding by actually learning the PHET packet materials as I go rather than just fill out the packet.

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