The mass of a proton is taken as one unit for standardization purposes.
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The mass of a proton is taken as one unit for standardization purposes.
The mass of a proton is standardized relative to the mass of a carbon-12 atom. One atomic mass unit (amu) is defined as exactly one-twelfth the mass of a carbon-12 atom, which contains six protons.