Modern Chemistry, Lesson 8: Atoms and Their Weights

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: Explains that atoms are too small to weight individually on chemical balances, but their individual masses can be measured in a mass spectrograph. Those atoms deflected least are the heaviest. Reviews the kinds of weight units commonly used.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)