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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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Electrons are light particles with a charge of 1− and a mass of 0.00055 amu.

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The average mass of a neon atom in the solar wind is 20.15 amu.

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This change proceeds with a mass loss of 0.0188 amu, corresponding to the release of 1.69 109 kilojoules per mole of formed.

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The principal component of mothballs is naphthalene, a compound with a molecular mass of about 130 amu, containing only carbon and hydrogen.

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In Tahiti "to eat" changes to amu, in Hawaii and Samoa to ai, in Ban to kana, in Nina to kana, in Nongone to kaka, and in New Caledonia to ki.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack

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