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pop000
Feb 27, 2011, 05:01 AM
I need to Calculate which part of the total mass of atom Fe 56 responsible
1)Neutron
2)proton
3)electron
I know that in this atom there 26 proton and electron and 30 Neutron
But how can I know the mass of everyone of them

May I need to use in this Formula for proton:26*1.672×10-27
And the same with electron and Neutron (sure everyone of them have his own Formula )

Thanks :)

jcaron2
Feb 27, 2011, 07:00 PM
Yes, that's right.

pop000
Feb 28, 2011, 06:27 AM
OK so I tried to do like this to Calculate the mass of proton here and I did:26*1.673*10^-27
and the answer need to be 0.4639
what I do wrong ?
thanks.

jcaron2
Feb 28, 2011, 07:55 AM
You calculated the mass correctly. However, the question didn't ask what was the mass. It asked what fraction of the total mass was contributed by each.

pop000
Feb 28, 2011, 08:41 AM
Correct now I see it.

Thanks.