Standard atomic weight precise value is acceptable, CIAAW has published a single-number conventional atomic weight that can be used for example in trade. For hydrogen, . The twelve elements are: hydrogen, lithium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, magnesium, silicon, sulfur, chlorine, bromine and thallium. By using the abridged value, and the conventional value for the twelve interval values, a short IUPAC-defined value (5 digits plus uncertainty) can be given for all stable elements. In many situations, and in periodic tables, this may be sufficiently detailed. Standard atomic weight The standard atomic weight ("A", a relative atomic mass) is the atomic weight ("A") of a
Standard atomic weight helium: . The "(2)" indicates the uncertainty in the last digit shown, to read ±. IUPAC also publishes "abridged values", rounded to five significant figures. For helium, . For twelve elements the samples diverge on this value, because their sample sources have had a different decay history. For example, thallium (Tl) in sedimentary rocks has a different isotopic composition than in igneous rocks and volcanic gases. For these elements, the standard atomic weight is noted as an interval: . With such an interval, for less demanding situations, IUPAC also publishes an "conventional value". For thallium, . The "standard" atomic weight