The atomic mass of oxygen is 16 and the atomic mass of hydrogen is 1. How do the current atomic masses of oxygen and hydrogen compare to Dalton's?

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31 January, 12:13

The atomic mass of oxygen is 16 and the atomic mass of hydrogen is 1. How do the current atomic masses of oxygen and hydrogen compare to Dalton's?

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Tessa Malone · Answer 1

- Dalton reported that seven pounds of Oxygen reacted with one pound of hydrogen to form water, but accurate modern experiment gives eight pounds to one.

- Lavoisier reported that water contains Oxygen 5.6 times more than hydrogen by weight.

- Dalton assumed that water contains 1 atom of oxygen and 1 atom of hydrogen and concluded that the relative weight of O must be 5.6 times as large as the H atom.

- By determining the relative mass we will be able to determine for example that one element has twice the mass of a second element.