amu
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However, mass spectrometric measurements reveal that the mass of an atom is 4.0026 amu, less than the combined masses of its six constituent subatomic particles.
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If the compound’s molecular mass is determined to be 180 amu, this indicates that molecules of this compound contain six times the number of atoms represented in the empirical formula:
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Figure 3.2 outlines the calculations used to derive the molecular mass of chloroform, which is 119.37 amu.
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Electrons are light particles with a charge of 1− and a mass of 0.00055 amu.
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In Tahiti "to eat" changes to amu, in Hawaii and Samoa to ai, in Ban to kana, in Nina to kana, in Nongone to kaka, and in New Caledonia to ki.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
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