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Why is it difficult to measure the mass of an atom?​

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Because atoms are much too small to measure individually and do not have charges, there is no convenient way to accurately measure absolute atomic masses.

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It's difficult to measure the mass of an atom because they are simply so tiny. It's not like we can just put it on a weighing scale, as it wouldn't show up at all

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