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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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The mass of a certain chlorine atom is 35 amu.

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A neutron is a slightly heavier particle with a mass 1.0087 amu and a charge of zero; as its name suggests, it is neutral.

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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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A Kotsi, a man of Kotsi; An’Alol’, a man of Alole; Alol’ amu, a woman of Alole; Ambov’amu, a woman of Ambove; Tseluku ul’ akeda, men of Tseluku.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood