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Lesson Summary. The atomic mass unit (AMU) is used by scientists to describe the mass of atoms. If you want to convert a mass in grams to AMU, all you need to do is divide by 1.660599 x 10^-24 g/AMU. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member. Create your account.
It replaces the atomic mass unit (without the unified part) and is the mass of one nucleon (either a proton or a neutron) of a neutral carbon-12 atom in its ground state. Technically, the amu is the unit that was based on oxygen-16 until 1961, when it was redefined based on carbon-12.