简介:Asafundamentalpropertyofnuclei,atomicmassesarewidelyusedinmanydomainsofscienceandengineering.Areliableatomicmasstablederivedfromtheexperimentaldata,wheretheatomicmassesandtherelevantexperi-mentalinformationcanbefoundconveniently,isinhighdemandbytheresearchcommunity.Tomeetthedemands,theAtomicMassEvaluation(AME)wasinitiatedin1950'sandaseriesofAMEmasstableshavebeenpublishedeversince.CurrentlytheAMEservestheresearchcommunitybyprovidingthemostreliableandcomprehensiveinformationrelatedtotheatomicmasses.ThenewatomicmassevaluationAME2016waspublishedintheMarchissueofChinesePhysicsCastwocom-plementarypapers[1;2].