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Potassium has three naturally occurring isotopes. According to one source of data, Potassium-39 (mass 38.9637 amu) makes up 93.26%, potassium-40 (mass 39.9640 amu) makes up just 0.01%, and potassium-41 (mass 40.9618 amu) makes up 6.73%. What is the
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