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Mass defect
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Deprecated: mass excess. Difference between the nominal mass and the monoisotopic mass of an atom, molecule, or ion. Note: Mass defect can be a positive or negative value dependent upon the elemental composition.
Related Term(s):
Reference(s): E. Kendrick. Anal. Chem. 35, 2146 (1963). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac60206a048 )
From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.
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-The difference between the [[mass number]] and the [[monoisotopic mass]] of a molecule or atom.}}
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+|def=Deprecated: mass excess.
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+Difference between the [[nominal mass]] and the [[monoisotopic mass]] of an atom, molecule, or [[ion]].
-The difference between the integer mass number and the monoisotopic mass of an atom, molecule or ion.
+:Note: Mass defect can be a positive or negative value dependent upon the elemental composition.
+|rel=
-Note:  [[mass excess]] is deprecated; this can be expressed as a negative mass defect.
+|ref=E. Kendrick. Anal. Chem. 35, 2146 (1963). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac60206a048 )
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-#E. Kendrick. Anal. Chem. 35, 2146-2154 (1963).
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-== See also ==
-*[[Mass]]
 [[Category:General]]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mass Defect}}