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Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment
Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment
2. Atoms & Elements / Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment / Problem 3

There are two different isotopes of chlorine and these are 35Cl (abundance = 75.78 %) and 37Cl (abundance = 24.22 %). Under a certain condition, a mass spectrum of Cl2 consists of three peaks (Peak 1 - 69.938 u, Peak 2 - 71.935 u, and Peak 3 - 73.932 u) with a relative abundance ratio of 9:6:1. Determine which two atoms comprising a Cl2 molecule gave each peak. 

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