Question

why initially 1/16 of mass of an atom of oxygen taken as standard unit to find the atomic mass of other elements ?



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Answer 1

Answer:

While searching for various atomic mass units, scientists initially took 1/16 of the mass of an atom of naturally occurring oxygen as the unit. This was considered relevant due to two reasons:

. oxygen reacted with a large number of elements and formed compounds

. this atomic mass unit gave masses of most of the elements of whole numbers.