amu
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amu
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AMU
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AMU
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Example Sentences
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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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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 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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The mass of the atom is 22.9898 amu.
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In favour of regarding amu as some sort of reed, here used collectively, it may be pointed out that the Sumerian verb in l.
From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by King, L. W. (Leonard William)
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