Radiation Protection Glossary
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The atomic mass represents the total number of
Protons &
Neutrons in an
atom. For example, in the Carbon 14 atom shown above there are 6 (red) Protons and 8 (blue) neutrons packed into the nucleus. Therefore the atomic mass is 14 (and hence we write C-14).
