Which has more mass a hydrogen atom or a positive hydrogen ion?



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The question is ambiguous but from simple assumptions - the positive ion has no electron and therefore has less mass.

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hydrogen cation is lighter by 9 1*10^ -31 kg this is the mass of one electron

 

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