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Relation to SI units atomic mass unit, unified: u; AMU Same as dalton (see below) ≈ 1.660 539 068 92 (52) × 10 −27 kg [20] atomic unit of mass, electron rest mass: m e: ≈ 9.109 383 7139 (28) × 10 −31 kg [21] bag : ≡ 60 kg = 60 kg bag (Portland cement) ≡ 94 lb av = 42.637 682 78 kg: barge: ≡ 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 short ton = 20 ...
The unified atomic mass unit (symbol: u) is equivalent to the dalton. One dalton is approximately the mass of one a single proton or neutron. [2] The unified atomic mass unit has a value of 1.660 538 921 (73) × 10 −27 kg. [3] The amu without the "unified" prefix is an obsolete unit based on oxygen, which was replaced in 1961.
The first attempt to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of cathode ray particles, assuming them to be ions, was made in 1884-1890 by German-born British physicist Arthur Schuster. He put an upper limit of 10^10 coul/kg, [5] but even that resulted in much greater value than expected, so little credence was given to his calculations at the time.
The atomic mass of atoms, ions, or atomic nuclei is slightly less than the sum of the masses of their constituent protons, neutrons, and electrons, due to (per E = mc 2). Atomic mass is often measured in dalton (Da) or unified atomic mass unit (u). One dalton is equal to 1 ⁄ 12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom in its natural state.
The molar mass of atoms of an element is given by the relative atomic mass of the element multiplied by the molar mass constant, M u ≈ 1.000 000 × 10 −3 kg/mol ≈ 1 g/mol. For normal samples from Earth with typical isotope composition, the atomic weight can be approximated by the standard atomic weight [2] or the conventional atomic weight.
In general, the masses of all hadrons are of the order of 1 GeV/c 2, which makes the GeV/c 2 a convenient unit of mass for particle physics: [4] 1 GeV/ c 2 = 1.782 661 92 × 10 −27 kg . The atomic mass constant ( m u ), one twelfth of the mass a carbon-12 atom, is close to the mass of a proton.
"Atomic mass unit" is rarely used in the scientific literature. It is, however, used in some contexts such as some primary schools. "dalton" and "Da" is the prevailing and most common name and symbol for this unit. "unified atomic mass unit" (not to be confused with "atomic mass unit") with its symbol "u" is less commonly used but accepted by SI.
In physics, natural unit systems are measurement systems for which selected physical constants have been set to 1 through nondimensionalization of physical units.For example, the speed of light c may be set to 1, and it may then be omitted, equating mass and energy directly E = m rather than using c as a conversion factor in the typical mass–energy equivalence equation E = mc 2.