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It's the averaged weight of all of the known isotopes of an element. Elements have versions of itself that have the same number of protons and electrons, but different number of neutrons. Since protons and neutrons have a mass of 1 amu (Atomic Mass unit), you change the neutron number, you change the mass . . . even though the element is still the same. Ex: Carbon 14 and Carbon 12 are isotopes of carbon. Both carbon elements, but they each have a different number of neutrons (8 vs 6), so they have different masses.

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