atomic weight

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Because lithium has a small atomic weight and radius, the batteries have a high voltage and charge storage per unit mass and unit volume.

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

Each water molecule that is part of the cycle has a certain isotopic 'fingerprint,' or composition, which reflects small variations in the atomic weight of the oxygen and hydrogen atoms that comprise the molecule.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Rare earths refineries must contend with 17 metals, depending on a deposit's geology, each of which are nearly the same size and atomic weight, making separation complex.

From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2023

This approach succeeds most of the time, when the issue is, say, the atomic weight of hydrogen.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2020

He believed also that water consisted of seven parts of oxygen to one of hydrogen, and so he gave oxygen an atomic weight of seven.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson