when doing questions requiring the Molar Mass?
Will this number predicate the number of significant figures we use?
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The VCAA supplied periodic table goes to 1 decimal place. So use that standard. And yes, it should have a bearing on significant figures! So technically, any molar mass involving a hydrogen atom (1.0) will only have 2 significant figures (or less). |
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