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49-942: [REDACTED] Look up MDA in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MDA , mda or variants may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Political parties [ edit ] Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2003–2008) , in India Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2018–present) , in India Movement for Democracy in Africa , in Burkina Faso Businesses and other organizations [ edit ] Marshall Day Acoustics (company) , an international acoustics consultancy ( www.marshallday.com ) MDA (company) ,

98-401: A t o m , {\displaystyle N_{\rm {A}}={\frac {V_{\rm {m}}}{V_{\rm {atom}}}},} where V atom = ⁠ V cell / n ⁠ and n is the number of atoms per unit cell of volume V cell . The unit cell of silicon has a cubic packing arrangement of 8 atoms, and the unit cell volume may be measured by determining a single unit cell parameter,

147-441: A financial statement Maritime domain awareness , understanding the maritime domain that could impact security, safety, economy, or environment Master of Defence Administration, a degree awarded by Cranfield School of Management Methods, data, analyses , academic journal for survey methodology Minimum descent altitude in an instrument approach in aviation Mada language , ISO 939-3 language code mda Leica MDa,

196-441: A financial statement Maritime domain awareness , understanding the maritime domain that could impact security, safety, economy, or environment Master of Defence Administration, a degree awarded by Cranfield School of Management Methods, data, analyses , academic journal for survey methodology Minimum descent altitude in an instrument approach in aviation Mada language , ISO 939-3 language code mda Leica MDa,

245-604: A Canadian space technology company Magen David Adom , Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service Malaysia Design Archive , a non-profit private organization Media Development Authority , in Singapore Medical Devices Agency, now part of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency , in the UK Minnesota Department of Agriculture , in the U.S. Missile Defense Agency , an agency of

294-440: A Canadian space technology company Magen David Adom , Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service Malaysia Design Archive , a non-profit private organization Media Development Authority , in Singapore Medical Devices Agency, now part of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency , in the UK Minnesota Department of Agriculture , in the U.S. Missile Defense Agency , an agency of

343-601: A measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics Mesocyclone detection algorithm Minimum detectable activity, in whole-body counting measuring radioactivity Multiple discriminant analysis , a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique Multiple displacement amplification , a DNA amplification technique Other uses [ edit ] Moldova , a country in Europe, ISO 3166-1 country code MDA MDA (TV series) , an Australian TV show MD&A, management discussion and analysis, part of

392-548: A measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics Mesocyclone detection algorithm Minimum detectable activity, in whole-body counting measuring radioactivity Multiple discriminant analysis , a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique Multiple displacement amplification , a DNA amplification technique Other uses [ edit ] Moldova , a country in Europe, ISO 3166-1 country code MDA MDA (TV series) , an Australian TV show MD&A, management discussion and analysis, part of

441-410: A proton is 1.007 276 466 5789 (83) Da , the mass of a free neutron is 1.008 664 916 06 (40) Da , and the mass of a hydrogen-2 (deuterium) atom is 2.014 101 778 114 (122) Da . In general, the difference (absolute mass excess ) is less than 0.1%; exceptions include hydrogen-1 (about 0.8%), helium-3 (0.5%), lithium-6 (0.25%) and beryllium (0.14%). The dalton differs from

490-417: A recreational drug 4,4'-Methylenedianiline , an industrial chemical Malondialdehyde , an organic compound Medium-density amorphous ice, a phase of ice Metal deactivator or metal deactivating agent, stabilising fuel additive Other uses in science and technology [ edit ] MDa, mega Dalton (unit) , a non-SI unit of mass Mass drug administration Mean directional accuracy ,

539-417: A recreational drug 4,4'-Methylenedianiline , an industrial chemical Malondialdehyde , an organic compound Medium-density amorphous ice, a phase of ice Metal deactivator or metal deactivating agent, stabilising fuel additive Other uses in science and technology [ edit ] MDa, mega Dalton (unit) , a non-SI unit of mass Mass drug administration Mean directional accuracy ,

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588-440: A relative standard uncertainty of 1.3 × 10 . In practice, the atomic mass constant is determined from the electron rest mass m e and the electron relative atomic mass A r (e) (that is, the mass of electron divided by the atomic mass constant). The relative atomic mass of the electron can be measured in cyclotron experiments, while the rest mass of the electron can be derived from other physical constants. where c

637-514: A tool used to analyze games Message delivery agent , software to route e-mails Mechanical design automation, a branch of computer-aided design Microconnect distributed antenna , a kind of transmitter/receiver T-Mobile MDA (Mobile Digital Assistant), a mobile phone Model-driven architecture , a software design approach IBM Monochrome Display Adapter , a video display card and computer display standard Chemistry [ edit ] 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine , known as MDA,

686-514: A tool used to analyze games Message delivery agent , software to route e-mails Mechanical design automation, a branch of computer-aided design Microconnect distributed antenna , a kind of transmitter/receiver T-Mobile MDA (Mobile Digital Assistant), a mobile phone Model-driven architecture , a software design approach IBM Monochrome Display Adapter , a video display card and computer display standard Chemistry [ edit ] 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine , known as MDA,

735-540: A variant of the Leica M1 camera See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with MDA All pages with titles containing MDA Misuse of Drugs Act (disambiguation) Missionary Diocese of All Saints (MDAS) MDA5 , melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (2,3-MDA), an amphetamine drug Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

784-485: A variant of the Leica M1 camera See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with MDA All pages with titles containing MDA Misuse of Drugs Act (disambiguation) Missionary Diocese of All Saints (MDAS) MDA5 , melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (2,3-MDA), an amphetamine drug Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

833-470: Is a unit of amount of substance used in chemistry and physics, such that the mass of one mole of a substance expressed in grams is numerically equal to the average mass of one of its particles expressed in daltons. That is, the molar mass of a chemical compound expressed in g/mol or kg/kmol is numerically equal to its average molecular mass expressed in Da. For example, the average mass of one molecule of water

882-424: Is about 18.0153 Da, and the mass of one mole of water is about 18.0153 g. A protein whose molecule has an average mass of 64 kDa would have a molar mass of 64 kg/mol . However, while this equality can be assumed for practical purposes, it is only approximate, because of the 2019 redefinition of the mole . In general, the mass in daltons of an atom is numerically close but not exactly equal to

931-406: Is affected by the binding energy of the nucleons in its atomic nuclei, as well as the mass and binding energy of its electrons . Therefore, this equality holds only for the carbon-12 atom in the stated conditions, and will vary for other substances. For example, the mass of an unbound atom of the common hydrogen isotope ( hydrogen-1 , protium) is 1.007 825 032 241 (94) Da , the mass of

980-711: Is capitalized. The name was endorsed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) in 2005. In 2003 the name was recommended to the BIPM by the Consultative Committee for Units , part of the CIPM , as it "is shorter and works better with [SI] prefixes". In 2006, the BIPM included the dalton in its 8th edition of the SI brochure of formal definitions as a non-SI unit accepted for use with

1029-660: Is commonly used in physics and chemistry to express the mass of atomic-scale objects, such as atoms , molecules , and elementary particles , both for discrete instances and multiple types of ensemble averages. For example, an atom of helium-4 has a mass of 4.0026 Da . This is an intrinsic property of the isotope and all helium-4 atoms have the same mass. Acetylsalicylic acid ( aspirin ), C 9 H 8 O 4 , has an average mass of about 180.157 Da . However, there are no acetylsalicylic acid molecules with this mass. The two most common masses of individual acetylsalicylic acid molecules are 180.0423 Da , having

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1078-452: Is presently the case can be understood from the table below (2018 CODATA). Silicon single crystals may be produced today in commercial facilities with extremely high purity and with few lattice defects. This method defined the Avogadro constant as the ratio of the molar volume , V m , to the atomic volume V atom : N A = V m V

1127-593: Is the speed of light , h is the Planck constant , α is the fine-structure constant , and R ∞ is the Rydberg constant . As may be observed from the old values (2014 CODATA) in the table below, the main limiting factor in the precision of the Avogadro constant was the uncertainty in the value of the Planck constant , as all the other constants that contribute to the calculation were known more precisely. The power of having defined values of universal constants as

1176-535: The Avogadro number in honor of physicist Amedeo Avogadro . The discovery of isotopes of oxygen in 1929 required a more precise definition of the unit. Two distinct definitions came into use. Chemists choose to define the AMU as ⁠ 1 / 16 ⁠ of the average mass of an oxygen atom as found in nature; that is, the average of the masses of the known isotopes, weighted by their natural abundance. Physicists, on

1225-476: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), which had absorbed the ICAW, adopted a new definition of the atomic mass unit for use in both physics and chemistry; namely, ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ of the mass of a carbon-12 atom. This new value was intermediate between the two earlier definitions, but closer to the one used by chemists (who would be affected the most by the change). The new unit

1274-415: The law of definite proportions in terms of the atomic theory of matter implied that the masses of atoms of various elements had definite ratios that depended on the elements. While the actual masses were unknown, the relative masses could be deduced from that law. In 1803 John Dalton proposed to use the (still unknown) atomic mass of the lightest atom, hydrogen, as the natural unit of atomic mass. This

1323-399: The number of nucleons in its nucleus . It follows that the molar mass of a compound (grams per mole) is numerically close to the average number of nucleons contained in each molecule. By definition, the mass of an atom of carbon-12 is 12 daltons, which corresponds with the number of nucleons that it has (6  protons and 6  neutrons ). However, the mass of an atomic-scale object

1372-577: The SI . The name was also listed as an alternative to "unified atomic mass unit" by the International Organization for Standardization in 2009. It is now recommended by several scientific publishers, and some of them consider "atomic mass unit" and "amu" deprecated. In 2019, the BIPM retained the dalton in its 9th edition of the SI brochure, while dropping the unified atomic mass unit from its table of non-SI units accepted for use with

1421-420: The SI, but secondarily notes that the dalton (Da) and the unified atomic mass unit (u) are alternative names (and symbols) for the same unit. The definition of the dalton was not affected by the 2019 revision of the SI , that is, 1 Da in the SI is still ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ of the mass of a carbon-12 atom, a quantity that must be determined experimentally in terms of SI units. However,

1470-517: The U.S. Department of Defense Muscular Dystrophy Association , an American organization Museum Documentation Association, now Collections Trust , a British charity Myanmar Dental Association , a professional association People [ edit ] A. P. Mda (1916-1993) South African political activist Zakes Mda (born 1948) South African author Science and technology [ edit ] Computing and electronics [ edit ] MDA framework (Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics),

1519-517: The U.S. Department of Defense Muscular Dystrophy Association , an American organization Museum Documentation Association, now Collections Trust , a British charity Myanmar Dental Association , a professional association People [ edit ] A. P. Mda (1916-1993) South African political activist Zakes Mda (born 1948) South African author Science and technology [ edit ] Computing and electronics [ edit ] MDA framework (Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics),

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1568-680: The atomic mass unit was first obtained indirectly by Josef Loschmidt in 1865, by estimating the number of particles in a given volume of gas. Perrin estimated the Avogadro number by a variety of methods, at the turn of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics , largely for this work. The electric charge per mole of elementary charges is a constant called the Faraday constant , F , whose value had been essentially known since 1834 when Michael Faraday published his works on electrolysis . In 1910, Robert Millikan obtained

1617-525: The atomic weight of silver, then the Faraday constant is given by: The NIST scientists devised a method to compensate for silver lost from the anode by mechanical causes, and conducted an isotope analysis of the silver used to determine its atomic weight. Their value for the conventional Faraday constant was F 90  = 96 485 .39(13) C/mol , which corresponds to a value for the Avogadro constant of 6.022 1449 (78) × 10  mol : both values have

1666-440: The definition of a mole was changed to be the amount of substance consisting of exactly 6.022 140 76 × 10 entities and the definition of the kilogram was changed as well. As a consequence, the molar mass constant remains close to but no longer exactly 1 g/mol, meaning that the mass in grams of one mole of any substance remains nearly but no longer exactly numerically equal to its average molecular mass in daltons, although

1715-411: The first measurement of the charge on an electron, − e . The quotient F / e provided an estimate of the Avogadro constant. The classic experiment is that of Bower and Davis at NIST , and relies on dissolving silver metal away from the anode of an electrolysis cell, while passing a constant electric current I for a known time t . If m is the mass of silver lost from the anode and A r

1764-582: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up MDA in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MDA , mda or variants may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Political parties [ edit ] Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2003–2008) , in India Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2018–present) , in India Movement for Democracy in Africa , in Burkina Faso Businesses and other organizations [ edit ] Marshall Day Acoustics (company) , an international acoustics consultancy ( www.marshallday.com ) MDA (company) ,

1813-537: The length a of one of the sides of the cube. The CODATA value of a for silicon is 5.431 020 511 (89) × 10  m . In practice, measurements are carried out on a distance known as d 220 (Si), which is the distance between the planes denoted by the Miller indices {220}, and is equal to a / √ 8 . The isotope proportional composition of the sample used must be measured and taken into account. Silicon occurs in three stable isotopes ( Si, Si, Si), and

1862-517: The most common isotopes, and 181.0456 Da , in which one carbon is carbon-13. The molecular masses of proteins , nucleic acids , and other large polymers are often expressed with the unit kilo dalton (kDa) and mega dalton (MDa). Titin , one of the largest known proteins, has a molecular mass of between 3 and 3.7 megadaltons. The DNA of chromosome 1 in the human genome has about 249 million base pairs , each with an average mass of about 650 Da , or 156 GDa total. The mole

1911-577: The natural variation in their proportions is greater than other uncertainties in the measurements. The atomic weight A r for the sample crystal can be calculated, as the standard atomic weights of the three nuclides are known with great accuracy. This, together with the measured density ρ of the sample, allows the molar volume V m to be determined: V m = A r M u ρ , {\displaystyle V_{\rm {m}}={\frac {A_{\rm {r}}M_{\rm {u}}}{\rho }},} where M u

1960-447: The other hand, defined it as ⁠ 1 / 16 ⁠ of the mass of an atom of the isotope oxygen-16 ( O). The existence of two distinct units with the same name was confusing, and the difference (about 1.000 282 in relative terms) was large enough to affect high-precision measurements. Moreover, it was discovered that the isotopes of oxygen had different natural abundances in water and in air. For these and other reasons, in 1961

2009-471: The relative standard uncertainty of 4.5 × 10 at the time of the redefinition is insignificant for all practical purposes. Though relative atomic masses are defined for neutral atoms, they are measured (by mass spectrometry ) for ions: hence, the measured values must be corrected for the mass of the electrons that were removed to form the ions, and also for the mass equivalent of the electron binding energy , E b / m u c . The total binding energy of

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2058-409: The six electrons in a carbon-12 atom is 1 030 .1089 eV  = 1.650 4163 × 10  J : E b / m u c  = 1.105 8674 × 10 , or about one part in 10 million of the mass of the atom. Before the 2019 revision of the SI, experiments were aimed to determine the value of the Avogadro constant for finding the value of the unified atomic mass unit. A reasonably accurate value of

2107-497: The title MDA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MDA&oldid=1250250900 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages MDA From Misplaced Pages,

2156-500: The title MDA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MDA&oldid=1250250900 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dalton (unit) This unit

2205-593: The unified atomic mass unit, with that name and symbol "u", was adopted by the International Bureau for Weights and Measures (BIPM) in 1971 as a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI . In 1993, the IUPAC proposed the shorter name "dalton" (with symbol "Da") for the unified atomic mass unit. As with other unit names such as watt and newton, "dalton" is not capitalized in English, but its symbol, "Da",

2254-429: The unit of mass in the system of atomic units , which is the electron rest mass ( m e ). The atomic mass constant can also be expressed as its energy-equivalent , m u c . The CODATA recommended values are: The mass-equivalent is commonly used in place of a unit of mass in particle physics , and these values are also important for the practical determination of relative atomic masses. The interpretation of

2303-399: Was made before the discovery of isotopes in 1912. Physicist Jean Perrin had adopted the same definition in 1909 during his experiments to determine the atomic masses and the Avogadro constant . This definition remained unchanged until 1961. Perrin also defined the "mole" as an amount of a compound that contained as many molecules as 32 grams of oxygen ( O 2 ). He called that number

2352-598: Was named the "unified atomic mass unit" and given a new symbol "u", to replace the old "amu" that had been used for the oxygen-based unit. However, the old symbol "amu" has sometimes been used, after 1961, to refer to the new unit, particularly in lay and preparatory contexts. With this new definition, the standard atomic weight of carbon is about 12.011 Da , and that of oxygen is about 15.999 Da . These values, generally used in chemistry, are based on averages of many samples from Earth's crust , its atmosphere , and organic materials . The IUPAC 1961 definition of

2401-529: Was the basis of the atomic weight scale . For technical reasons, in 1898, chemist Wilhelm Ostwald and others proposed to redefine the unit of atomic mass as ⁠ 1 / 16 ⁠ the mass of an oxygen atom. That proposal was formally adopted by the International Committee on Atomic Weights (ICAW) in 1903. That was approximately the mass of one hydrogen atom, but oxygen was more amenable to experimental determination. This suggestion

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