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Atomic Mass Unit
    

A unit of mass equal to the mass of a single atom of the most common isotope of carbon, , divided by 12,

 
   
   
   

An older definition was based on the mass of the a single atom of the most common isotope of oxygen, , divided by 16.

Atomic Mass, Atomic Mass Number, Atomic Number, Atomic Weight






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