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Ch.3 - Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions

Chapter 3, Problem 108

The molecular weight of ethylene glycol is 62.0689 when calculated using the atomic weights found in a standard periodic table, yet the molecular weight determined experimentally by high-resolution mass spectrometry is 62.0368. Explain the discrepancy.

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