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As part of our experiment to determine directly the mass of a gold atom in the SI unit kilogram, we have studied the interaction of decelerated gold ions with the surface of a gold coated quartz crystal. The ratio between the change of mass of the gold coated quartz crystal and the total charge of the ion current is measured as a function of the ion energy. The transition between the mass loss, mainly...