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Offline huskywolf

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Oxygens mass
« on: October 01, 2010, 01:56:06 PM »
If a neutron weighs 1.00866u
and a proton weighs 1.00727u

How come i get oxygen to weigh  at 16.12744?

(8 x neutron u ) + (8 x protons u) is this not correct? ???
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Re: Oxygens mass
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2010, 02:42:43 PM »
Google mass defect.
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Re: Oxygens mass
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2010, 03:20:05 PM »
E=mc^2 and binding energy cool!
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