Are atomic mass and atomic weight the same thing?
1 Answer
Jan 15, 2016
No, they are not the same thing.
Explanation:
An atomic weight (or relative atomic mass) is the ratio of the average mass of all the isotopes of an element to
Hence an atomic weight has no dimensions.
Atomic mass is the mass of a neutral atom of a specific isotope.
The SI unit for atomic mass is the unified atomic mass unit (u), which is defined as
Thus, the atomic weight of
