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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.
The mass of a proton is approximately 1.6726 * 10^-24 g. Because the masses of particles in atoms are so small, scientists developed a new unit for them. The SI unit known as the atomic mass unit, abbreviated amu, is used to express the masses of subatomic particles. Scientists assign each proton a mass of 1 amu and symbol 'p.' All protons are identical, no matter from which kind of element they come. All the atoms of one element have the same number of protons.