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Weight is the gravitational force exerted on a person or object at the surface of the planet. Weight and mass are measured in kilograms. Unlike mass, weight varies with the strength of the gravitational force. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.

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Is the mass no same as atomic weight?

No, because a mass is the amount of matter and object has, while the weight is caused by gravity pushing down onto the object.The weight of an object is usually about 10 times the mass.The term atomic weight is used for chemical elements (after the rules of IUPAC).The term isotopic mass is used only for a specific isotope.


What is the mass of 64.44 grams?

The mass is 64.44 grams. But the difference between mass and weight is that mass is weight is how heavy it is on the planet you weigh it on and mass it the weight it is on Earth, whether is is on Earth, or not.


Is it true that isotopes have the same atomic weight?

Atomic mass is the mass of an atom Atomic weight is the average mass of an atom based on the abundance of different isotopes No, because mass and weight are two different things. Weight is gravitational pull, while mass is how much matter there is in an object.


What is the atom with same atomic number but different mass number?

We can find atomic mass and mass number in chemical elements. Atomic mass is about weight of the atom. Mass number is about total of neutrons and protons.


What happens to an atom in terms of atomic mass and weight when it loses one particle?

If an atom looses an electron, neither the atomic mass nor atomic weight change appreciatively. If it looses a proton or neutron, both atomic mass and atomic weight decrease by one and it becomes an atom of a different element (on loss of a proton), or a different isotope of the same element (upon loss of a neutron).

Related Questions

How is measurment of weight different from measurement of mass?

Mass is the mass, weight is mass with gravity acting upon it


Is The weight of a substance is defined as its mass divided by its volume.?

weight is different in different gavities but mass is not, volume is not involved


Why is weight different from mass?

Well mass is different from weight in one major way. Mass is how easily something can lift more than weight being how heavy an object is. For example a balloon has mass, but a person carries weight.


Is weight stronger mass?

Weight and mass are fundamentally different things, and they are measured in different units (newton, versus kilograms). Weight is caused by mass, but it also depends on gravity. The formula is: weight = gravity x mass Mass also causes inertia.


How is mass and weight are different?

Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object, while weight is the force of gravity acting on an object's mass. Mass remains constant regardless of location, while weight can change depending on the strength of gravity.


When are mass and weight the same?

Mass and weight are different notions in a correct physics terminology.


What are three diffent things between mass and weight?

1). Mass doesn't depend on what else is nearby, but weight does. 2). Mass doesn't change when it goes to different planets, but weight does. 3). Mass and weight are measured in different units and have different physical dimensions. 4). Weight is widely understood by nearly everybody, but mass isn't.


How is weight from mass?

They are different because mass is a measurement of the amount of matter in an object, weight is the quantity of heaviness.


What's the deference from weight?

Weight is different from mass because it is a a scalar quantity whereas mass is a vector.


How is weight different from massAND how is weight measured?

weight is measured by how much gravity is pushing down on you. weight is different from mass because mass is how much room you take up. weight is how much something or someone weighs.


How is weight different from mass and what are the key distinctions between the two?

Weight and mass are two different properties of an object. Mass is the amount of matter in an object, while weight is the force of gravity acting on an object's mass. The key distinction is that mass is a measure of the amount of substance in an object, while weight is the force exerted on that mass due to gravity.


Is the atomic mass of an element equaled to the mass of an average atom?

The atomic weight is taken as the average weight or mass of the different isotopes of the Same atom That exists in the different %age in our enviromenT