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atomic mass unit 1.6605402 × 10^-27 kg 1959 The masses of atoms and molecules are generally given in atomic mass units. These units are based on a scale in which the mass of carbon 12 is taken to be 12. Atomic masses were originally given as atomic weights on a scale where the mass of the hydrogen atom was unity, later they were based on oxygen or oxygen 16; these scales have all been replaced by the carbon 12 scale. u International Union of Pure and Applied Physics dalton 1960 mass unit

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atomic mass unit	1.6605402 × 10^-27 kg	1959	The masses of atoms and molecules are generally given in atomic mass units. These units are based on a scale in which the mass of carbon 12 is taken to be 12. Atomic masses were originally given as atomic weights on a scale where the mass of the hydrogen atom was unity, later they were based on oxygen or oxygen 16; these scales have all been replaced by the carbon 12 scale.	u	International Union of Pure and Applied Physics	dalton		1960	mass unit

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