Chemistry: Atoms First
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Author: Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold, Richard Langley, Edward J Neth, William R Robinson
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Chapter 1, Problem 8E
Why do we use an objects mass, rather than its weight, to indicate the amount of matter it contains?
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Chemistry: Atoms First
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