Molecular mass Molecular mass Relative molecular mass or molecular weight is the mass of a molecule. It is calculated as the sum of the relative atomic masses of each constituent element multiplied by the number of atoms of that element in the molecular formula. The molecular mass of small to medium size molecules, measured by mass spectrometry, determines stoichiometry. For large molecules such as proteins, methods based on viscosity and light-scattering can be used to determine molecular mass when crystallographic data are not available. Both atomic and molecular masses are usually obtained relative to the mass of the isotope C (carbon 12),
Standard weight in fish relationships representing a species across its range are used. As fish grow in length, they increase in weight. The relationship between weight and length is not linear. The relationship between length ("L") and weight ("W") can be expressed as: When the equation is for standard weight, the standard weight for a given length is written as W. The exponent "b" is close to 3.0 for most species. The coefficient "a" varies between species. If the exponent "b" is greater than three for a certain fish species, that species tends to become relatively fatter or have more girth as it grows