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amu

American  
Or AMU

abbreviation

  1. atomic mass unit.


AMU 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Associated Metalworkers Union

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amu 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. atomic mass unit

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A 0.025-g sample of a compound composed of boron and hydrogen, with a molecular mass of ~28 amu, burns spontaneously when exposed to air, producing 0.063 g of B2O3.

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If the compound’s molecular mass is determined to be 180 amu, this indicates that molecules of this compound contain six times the number of atoms represented in the empirical formula:

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Figure 3.2 outlines the calculations used to derive the molecular mass of chloroform, which is 119.37 amu.

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The mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.007825 amu; that of a tritium atom is 3.01605 amu; and that of an α particle is 4.00150 amu.

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Of things to eat and drink: si fangala agu something for me to eat, o ngalia amu take it for your eating, si doo ana gera priest tafiligera food for the priests only.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)