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atomic laser atomic mass m a

atomic mass constant

One twelfth of the mass of a carbon-12 atom in its nuclear and electronic ground state, m u = 1.660 5402 10 × 10 −27 kg. It is equal to the unified atomic mass unit
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CODATA Bull. 1986, 63, 1
PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 962
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