Oxygen atomic mass

Klein and Herron studied the reaction in a fast-flow system they produced the oxygen atoms by titration of active nitrogen with NO and measured the concentration of oxygen atoms mass spectrometrically. The rate of decay of oxygen atoms was written as... 

Atomic masses have been expressed with the naturally occurring mixture of oxygen isotopes as a standard value of 16 (the chemical scale) a later scale was that based on the mass of the nuclide (the physical scale). Because of the two heavier isotopes present in ordinary oxygen, atomic masses on the physical scale are 1.000275 times greater than those on the chemical scale. 

Three incompletely characterized alkaloids in the quebrachamine group are among the 45 alkaloids isolated from the root bark of T. chippii Stapf (30). Alkaloids TC-A and TC-C gave identical mass spectra, which were in turn identical with that exhibited by synthetically prepared (l SjlS )-voaphyllinediol (18) (50,51). Alkaloids TC-A and TC-C are therefore regarded as (14R,155)-voaphyllinediol and (145,15S)-voaphyllinediol (19 and 18), but in view of the trace amounts of alkaloid isolated, it was not possible to determine which was which. Alkaloid TC-B contains an additional oxygen atom (mass spectrum), probably as a hydroxyl group attached to C-19, the most frequently substituted position in this group of alkaloids. It is therefore tentatively formulated as 20 (30). 

The hydration of more inert ions has been studied by O labelling mass spectrometry. 0-emiched water is used, and an equilibrium between the solvent and the hydration around the central ion is first attained, after which the cation is extracted rapidly and analysed. The method essentially reveals the number of oxygen atoms that exchange slowly on the timescale of the extraction, and has been used to establish the existence of the stable [1 10304] cluster in aqueous solution. 

In fact, atomic masses are not integers. On the atomic scale, carbon is given a value of 12.0000. On this accurate mass scale, oxygen is 15.9949, nitrogen is 14.0031, hydrogen is 1.0078, and so on. 

Heavy isotopes endow the compounds in which they appear with slightly greater masses than their unlabeled counterparts. These compounds can be separated and quantitated by mass spectrometry (or density gradient centrifugation, if they are macromolecules). For example, O was used in separate experiments as a tracer of the fate of the oxygen atoms in water and carbon dioxide to determine whether the atmospheric oxygen produced in photosynthesis arose from HgO, COg, or both ... 

Oxygen has 3 stable isotopes of which 0 (relative atomic mass 15.994 915) is by far the most abundant (99.762 atom%). Of the others, O (16.999 134) has an abundance of only 0.038% and 0 (17.999 160) is 0.200% abundant. These values vary slightly in differing natural sources (the ranges being... 

The alkaloid Nigellicine proved to be the pyridazino[l,2-u]indazolium-l 1-carboxylate (234) and forms yellow crystals (Scheme 77). It was isolated from the widely distributed herbaceous plant Nigella saliva L., which is used as a spice and for the treatment of various diseases (85TL2759). The structure was determined by an X-ray crystal structure analysis. The carboxylate bond distances are essentially equal (123.3 and 125.6 pm). An intramolecular hydrogen bond was found between the carboxylate oxygen atom and the hydroxy group. In mass spectrometry, the molecular peak was found at mjz —246 (20) and the base peak at mjz —202 which corresponds... 

Oxygen consists of three isotopes with atomic masses 16.00,17.00, and 18.00 amu. Their abundances are 99.76%, 0.04%, and 0.20%, respectively. What is the atomic mass of oxygen ... 

Chemists deal with amounts of substances that are readily measured. Although a chemist is aware that the mass of a single oxygen atom is 2.656 X 10-23 gram, he finds it much more useful to know that a mole of oxygen atoms weighs 16.00 grams. This is an amount that can be... 

Most of the chemical elements consist of mixtures of isotopes. Oxygen, atomic number 8, has three stable isotopes. The kind having mass number 16 is most abundant. About 99.76% of the oxygen atoms consist of this isotope. Only 0.04%... 

The nuclear charge and the electrons it attracts primarily determine the ways in which atoms behave toward other atoms. Mass differences cause only minor chemical effects. Since the isotopes of an element have the same nuclear charge and the same number of electrons per neutral atom, they react in the same ways. Thus we can speak of the chemistry of oxygen without specifying which one of the three stable isotopes is reacting. Only the most precise measurements will indicate the very slight chemical differences among them. 

The M - 1 peak due to the loss of the aldehyde hydrogen by a-cleavage is usually abundant. The loss of 29 Daltons is characteristic of aromatic aldehydes. Peaks at m/z 39, 50, 51, 63, and 65 and the abundance of the molecular ion show that the compound is aromatic. Accurate mass measurement data indicate the presence of an oxygen atom. 

C03-0152. Aluminum sulfate is used in the manufacture of paper and in the water purification industry. In the solid state, aluminum sulfate is a hydrate. The formula is AI2 (804)3 18 H2 O. (a) How many grams of sulfiar are there in 0.570 moles of solid aluminum sulfate (b) How many water molecules are there in a 5.1-g sample of solid aluminum sulfate (c) How many moles of sulfate ions are there in a sample of solid aluminum sulfate that contains 12.5 moles of oxygen atoms (d) An aqueous solution of aluminum sulfate contains 1.25% by mass aluminum and has a density of 1.05 g/mL. What is the molarity of aluminum ions in the solution ... 

Klemm and coworkers studied the spectra of several thienopyridine sulfones (72-78) and found that it is possible to distinguish by mass spectrometry between a sulfone function and a combination of two sulfoxide or JV-oxide functions in the same molecule . For instance, compound 77 forms 78 losing the 7V-oxygen atom, since except for the molecular ion their mass spectra are very similar. Compound 78 rearranges prior to fragmentation to the two possible cyclic sulfinates (80 and 81), which then fragment further by losing SO and CNO, respectively. 

In some ionic crystals (primarily in halides of the alkali metals), there are vacancies in both the cationic and anionic positions (called Schottky defects—see Fig. 2.16). During transport, the ions (mostly of one sort) are shifted from a stable position to a neighbouring hole. The Schottky mechanism characterizes transport in important solid electrolytes such as Nernst mass (Zr02 doped with Y203 or with CaO). Thus, in the presence of 10 mol.% CaO, 5 per cent of the oxygen atoms in the lattice are replaced by vacancies. The presence of impurities also leads to the formation of Schottky defects. Most substances contain Frenkel and Schottky defects simultaneously, both influencing ion transport. 

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