mass number
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As an example, the masses and radii of all nuclei up to mass number 50 were calculated using this method.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
Together, the number of protons and the number of neutrons determine an element’s mass number, as illustrated in this figure.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
If the atomic number and the mass number of all but one of the particles in a nuclear reaction are known, we can identify the particle by balancing the reaction.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Emission of an electron does not change the mass number of the nuclide but does increase the number of its protons and decrease the number of its neutrons.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The nation is an army which can bring to bear mass, number, and force, but not an assembly of free men in which each individual depends for his value on himself.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
