(Chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units.
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Examples for "atomic mass"
Examples for "atomic mass"
1Then there is the atomic number atomic mass number.
2As for Dalton, his name lives on as alternate designation for the atomic mass unit or amu.
3He soon had a table of 21 elements arranged by atomic mass, which he presented in a scientific paper the following month.
4With a relative uncertainty of eight parts per trillion, this is the most precise mass value measured directly in atomic mass units.
5All units of mass-thekilogram, the atomic mass unit, and even America's sweetheart, the pound-canbe calculated from that value of Planck's constant.
1The atomic number plus the number of neutrons is called the atomic weight.
2The smallest number so obtained will be approximately the atomic weight.
3Challenging, since the guy had a foot twice the atomic weight of lead.
4Each descending element is of lighter atomic weight than its predecessor.
5I don't get the two items after the atomic weight, though.
Translations for relative atomic mass