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Why was the mass of an atom initially taken as 116th of the mass of naturally occurring oxygen as the standard unit?

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Initially, 116th mass of an atom of oxygen was taken as the atomic mass unit. Oxygen reacted with a large number of elements and formed compounds. This atomic mass unit gave masses of most of the elements as whole numbers.


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