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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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However, mass spectrometric measurements reveal that the mass of an atom is 4.0026 amu, less than the combined masses of its six constituent subatomic particles.

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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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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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Ex. amu = love! ni amu = let us love.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John