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Re: Proton mass

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> A proton does not have a mass of 1.000 u (atomic mass unit; symbol: _u_).
> 1 u is defined as “the mass of an unbound neutral *atom* of carbon-12 in

Editing error.  The important “1∕12 of” before that quote was lost.

> its nuclear and electronic ground state” (emphasis mine), which has 6
> protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons each which has kinetic energy, too.
> 
> Compare:
> 
>   1 u = 1.660 539 040(20) × 10⁻²⁷ kg
> 
>    mₚ = 1.672 621 898(21) × 10⁻²⁷ kg
> 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_mass_unit>
> <http://pdg.lbl.gov/2015/listings/rpp2015-list-p.pdf>

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