The molecular mass for chlorine is not an integer multiple of the molecular mass of hydrogen but is about 35.5 times the molecular mass of hydrogen. This is primarily because
a. the proton and neutron have different masses.
b. there are different isotopes of chlorine.
c. of the binding energy of the chlorine nucleus.
d. the chlorine nucleus has 35.5 nucleons.
b
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