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
Note that the small contribution of mass from electrons is disregarded in calculating the mass number.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
This approximation of mass can be used to easily calculate how many neutrons an element has by simply subtracting the number of protons from the mass number.
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
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.
