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 wasn’t always terribly accurate–oxygen’s atomic weight is actually sixteen, not seven–but the principle was sound and formed the basis for all of modern chemistry and much of the rest of modern science.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
