unified atomic mass unit

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.U06554
Non-SI unit of mass (equal to the @A00497@), defined as one twelfth of the mass of a carbon-12 atom in its @G02704@ and used to express masses of atomic particles, \(\text{u}\approx 1.660\ 5402(10)\times 10^{-27}\ \text{kg}\).
Sources:
Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 75 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1996, 68, 957. (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 997 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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