The Atomic Weight of Chlorine Is Very Close to 35

question 1

Multiple Choice

The atomic weight of chlorine is very close to 35.5.This means that:

• A)chlorine occurs with a variable number of protons
• B)a variable number of electrons gives the fractional weight
• C)on the average,an atom of chlorine weighs almost 3 times as much as carbon
• D)the actual weight of a chlorine atom is not known very precisely
• E)chlorine atoms contain half of a proton

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