The piece of lithium metal that you used was almost certainly contaminated with

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The piece of lithium metal that you used was almost certainly contaminated with a small amount of oil how would this affect your value for the atomic weight of lithium The piece of lithium metal that you used was almost certainly contaminated with a small amount of oil how would this affect your value for the atomic weight of lithium The piece of lithium metal that you used was almost certainly contaminated with a small amount of oil how would this affect your value for the atomic weight of lithium

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If the oil has the higher molecular weight then total weight will be high. Then the calculation will give the error means what ever may be the value will come ( the atomic weight of lithium) will be more than the actual value.

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