https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.M03752
The abbreviation is used to denote the dimensionless quantity formed by dividing the is not the ionic mass nor is a multiple or the elementary (electronic) charge, . The abbreviation is, therefore, not recommended. Thus, for example, for the ion (C7H72+) , equals 45.5.
mass number
of an ion by its charge number
. It has long been called the mass-to-charge ratio although