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Account for the following. limit your answer to two sentences: 'Atomic weight of most of the elements are fractional'.

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Isotopic Existence

(Isotopic Existence)
Atomic mass is defined as weighted average (as per their percentage composition in nature) of all the naturally occurring isotopic atoms of an element compared to `((1)/(12))^(th)` mass of `.^(12)C` - isotope of carbon.
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