mass number
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
If the atomic number and the mass number of all but one of the particles in a nuclear reaction are known, we can identify the particle by balancing the reaction.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
This continues up to A ≈ 60 , roughly corresponding to the mass number of iron.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
This gives off alpha particles at such a rate that half of it has decomposed in 150 days, leaving plutonium with atomic number 94 and mass number 238.
From A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis by Watson, Glen W.
