atomic weight
See also: atomic-weight
English
Noun
atomic weight (plural atomic weights)
- (physics) Former term for the more specific relative atomic mass.
- 1922, Leicester F. Hamilton, Calculations of Analytical Chemistry, page 38:
- The equivalent weight of an element or compound is that weight equivalent in reactive power to one atomic weight of hydrogen.
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- (physics) A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope.
Translations
former terms for relative atomic mass
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term used to represent the mean atomic mass of an element in nature
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References
- Под редакцией проф., д-ра физ.-мат. наук Д. М. Толстого, editor (1968) Англо-русский физический словарь. Около 60 000 терминов. (in Russian), М.: "Сов. Энциклопедия", page 816
- Новиков В.Д.; Погребная Л.Л., Борщ В.М. (1995) Физический словарь (английский, немецкий, французский, русский): 10 943 термина (in Russian), М.: РУССО, ISBN 5-88721-004-4, page 34
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