Find to three significant digits the charge and the mass of the following particles. Suggestion: Begin by looking up the mass of a neutral atom on the periodic table of the elements in Appendix C.
(a) an ionized hydrogen atom, represented as H+
(b) a single ionized sodium atom Na+
(c) a chloride ion Cl-
(d) a doubly ionized calcium atom Ca++=Ca2+
(e) the center of an ammonia molecule, modeled as an N3+ ion
(f) quadruple ionized nitrogen atoms, N4+, found in plasma in a hot star
(g) the nucleus of a nitrogen atom
(h) the molecular ion H2O-

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Find to three significant digits the charge and the mass of the following particles. Suggestion: Begin by looking up the mass of a neutral atom on the periodic table of the elements in Appendix C. 
(a) an ionized hydrogen atom, represented as H+ 
(b) a single ionized sodium atom Na+
(c) a chloride ion Cl-
(d) a doubly ionized calcium atom Ca++=Ca2+
(e) the center of an ammonia molecule, modeled as an N3+ ion
(f) quadruple ionized nitrogen atoms, N4+, found in plasma in a hot star 
(g) the nucleus of a nitrogen atom 
(h) the molecular ion H2O-

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