Chemistry
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780078021510
Author: Raymond Chang Dr., Kenneth Goldsby Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.1QP
What is an
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An atomic mass unit and its necessary to introduce such a unit have to be explained.
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Atomic mass unit is defined as a mass exactly equal to one-twelfth the mass of one carbon-12 atom. It is the standard for measuring the atomic mass of the other elements. Simply, it can be represented as
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