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Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary

Atomic weight

The average weight (or mass) of all the isotopes of an element, as determined from the proportions in which they are present in a given element, compared with the mass of the 12 isotopes of carbon (taken as precisely 12,000), which is the official international standard; measured in daltons.

FIGURE A.8 Asphyxia due to aspiration of a large bolus of meat into the trachea occurring in an elderly man with poor swallow reflex. (Courtesy of forensic medical examiner Michael Sikirica, M.D.)

FIGURE A.9 Atherosclerosis of aorta with roughened calcified plaque limiting flow. (Courtesy of forensic medical examiner Michael Sikirica, M.D.)

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Atomic Weight from Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary. ISBN: 0-203-48462-2. Published: 2004–07–19. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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