in an atom and the mass of the atom called?
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"mass defect"
the idea is the mass of the atom is never the mass of the sum of it's parts. Because there is also energy that is observed as mass gained or lost. We call that nuclear binding energy. The phenomena is "mass defect"
the idea is the mass of the atom is never the mass of the sum of it's parts. Because there is also energy that is observed as mass gained or lost. We call that nuclear binding energy. The phenomena is "mass defect"
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The atomic mass is the average of all the isotopes, not the sum of an individual atom