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12.0 g of carbon atoms, each of mass 12.0 amu

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A mole of carbon-12 atoms weighs 12 grams, and there are 6.022 x 1023 atoms in a mole. Dividing 12 grams by this incredibly large number of atoms tells us that one carbon-12 atom weighs 1.99 x 10-23 grams. Since a carbon atom weighs 12 AMU, one AMU is equivalent to 1.66 x 10-24 grams.

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