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Which would be larger: an atomic mass unit based on current standard or one based on mass of a Be-9 atom set at exactly 9 amu?

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Be would be lighter on this scale than it is on the C12 scale
However
Nature would not be changed by this new definition " the ratio of masses between any two given atoms of elements would be the same".
So,
The measured masses of all atoms would be slightly less by this new definition
an atom twice as heavy as Be would now weights 18 as opposed to 18.02 by C12 standard.
Of course, the mass of the atoms have not changed in an absolute sense.

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