mass number
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As an example, the masses and radii of all nuclei up to mass number 50 were calculated using this method.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
The mass number and atomic number of carbon-13 is 13 and 12 , while that of carbon-12 is 12 and 6 , respectively.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
There is no change in mass number or atomic number during the emission of a γ ray unless the γ emission accompanies one of the other modes of decay.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Emission of an electron does not change the mass number of the nuclide but does increase the number of its protons and decrease the number of its neutrons.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The nation is an army which can bring to bear mass, number, and force, but not an assembly of free men in which each individual depends for his value on himself.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
