Question
That can he the reason for choosing Carbon-12 to define atomic mass unit?
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Answer
- Unlike oxygen and hydrogen, which exhibit various isotopes in higher proportions, carbon- 12 is the single most abundant (98% of available carbon) isotope of carbon.
- it is also very stable.
Hence, it makes more accurate unit of measuring mass and is used to define atomic mass unit.
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