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What is atomic mass?


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Atomic mass is simply a measure of the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in their nucleus.
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The atomic mass of an element is the ratio of the mass of that element and 1/12-th mass of a carbon-12 atom.
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Date of comment: Sun, Sep 12th 2010

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