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The difference between the [[mass number]] and the [[monoisotopic mass]] of a molecule or atom.}}
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Difference between the [[nominal mass]] and the [[monoisotopic mass]] of an atom, molecule, or [[ion]].
The difference between the integer mass number and the monoisotopic mass of an atom, molecule or ion.  
:Note: Mass defect can be a positive or negative value dependent upon the elemental composition.
 
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Note: [[mass excess]] is deprecated; this can be expressed as a negative mass defect.
|ref=E. Kendrick. Anal. Chem. 35, 2146 (1963). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac60206a048 )
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#E. Kendrick. Anal. Chem. 35, 2146-2154 (1963).
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== See also ==
*[[Mass]]


[[Category:General]]
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Revision as of 12:39, 15 June 2013

IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Mass defect
Deprecated: mass excess.

Difference between the nominal mass and the monoisotopic mass of an atom, molecule, or ion.

Note: Mass defect can be a positive or negative value dependent upon the elemental composition.
Related Term(s):
Reference(s):

E. Kendrick. Anal. Chem. 35, 2146 (1963). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac60206a048 )

From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.

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