atomic mass

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When we refer to light or heavy elements, we're talking about their atomic mass.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

Wallner is particularly interested in the radioactive iron isotope with the atomic mass of 60.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Twelve, named for the atomic mass of carbon, has developed a process to make jet fuel using renewable electricity, water and waste biomass CO2 instead of fossil fuels.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

Find the number of fusions and calculate the approximate mass of fusion fuel, assuming an average total atomic mass of the two nuclei in each reaction to be 5.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The best evidence that these particles are of atomic mass is furnished by their deflection in electric and magnetic fields.

From A Brief Account of Radio-activity by Venable, Francis Preston