Iridium has two naturally occurring isotopes, Iridium-191 and Iridium-193. If the average atomic mass of orodum s 192.217, what are the average percent abundances of each isotope?

The percent isotopic abundance of Ir-193 is 60.85 %

The percent isotopic abundance of Ir-191 is 39.15 %

Explanation:

we know there are two naturally occurring isotopes of iridium, Ir-191 and Ir-193

First of all we will set the fraction for both isotopes

X for the isotopes having mass 193

1-x for isotopes having mass 191

The average atomic mass is 192.217

we will use the following equation,

193x + 191(1-x) = 192.217

193x + 191 - 191x = 192.217

193x- 191x = 192.217 - 191

2x = 1.217

x= 1.217/2

x= 0.6085

0.6085 × 100 = 60.85 %

60.85% is abundance of Ir-193 because we solve the fraction x.

now we will calculate the abundance of Ir-191.

(1-x)

1-0.6085 =0.3915

0.3915× 100= 39.15 %

answer: option (b) is the correct answer.

explanation:

intensive property is the physical property which does not depend on the size of system or amount of material present in system.

for example, color, density, melting point, boiling point etc are all intensive properties.

thus, we can conclude that the boiling point and color of a substance are both examples of intensive properties because they do not depend on the amount of matter in the sample.