Updated Atomic Weights: Time to Review Our Table

Journal Article · Tue Apr 05 00:00:00 UTC 2016 · ChemViews

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.201600015 · OSTI ID:1240712

Holden, Norman E. ^[1]; Meyers, Fabienne ^[2]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
2. Boston Univ., Boston, MA (United States)

Many readers might wonder what can be new about atomic weights and why such a subject deserves even a short paper in Chemistry Views magazine. However, despite common belief, atomic weights are not constants of nature. Scientists' ability to measure these values is regularly improving, so one would expect that the accuracy of these values should be improving with time.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
• OSTI ID: 1240712
• Report Number(s): BNL--111888-2016-JA; KB0301041
• Journal Information: ChemViews, Journal Name: ChemViews Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 21; ISSN 2190-3735
• Publisher: ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English