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Atomic Mass

Published: Oct 12, 2018

The atomic mass represents the total number of Protons & Neutrons in an atom. For example, in aCarbon 14 atom there are 6 Protons and 8 neutrons packed into the nucleus. Therefore the atomic mass is 14 (and hence we write C-14).

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