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Non-SI unit of mass (symbol Math - text), equal to the unified atomic mass unit (atomic mass constant). It is often used in biochemistry and molecular biology although it was never approved by the Conférence Général des Poids et Mesures.
Source:
Green Book, p. 111
PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 968
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/D01514.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/D01514.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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