Unified atomic mass unit: Difference between revisions
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{{ | {{DefName|A non-SI unit of mass (u) defined as one twelfth of the mass of a carbon-12 atom in its ground state and equal to 1.660 538 86(28) x 10<sup>-27</sup> kg.}} | ||
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'''unified atomic mass unit''' | '''unified atomic mass unit''' | ||
Non-SI unit of mass (equal to the atomic mass constant), defined as one | |||
twelfth of the mass of a carbon-12 atom in its ground state and used to | |||
[http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/U06554.pdf IUPAC] | [http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/U06554.pdf IUPAC] | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?ukg NIST 2002 CODATA] | |||
[[Wikipedia:Atomic mass]] | [[Wikipedia:Atomic mass]] | ||
