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The dalton (symbol: Da) is a unit of mass used primarily in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. It is defined as one twelfth of the mass of a carbon-12 atom in its ground state, which is approximately equal to \(1.66053906660 \times 10^{-27}\) kilograms.

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