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QUESTION #14
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How big is an atom of gold?
Asked by: M Hardy
Answer
The approximate atomic radius of gold is
0.1441 nanometers
or 0.1441 x 10
-9
meters (i.e. 0.1441 millionth of a milimeter!)
Answered by: Paul Turek, PE
'Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?'
Richard Feynman
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1918-1988
)
'Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?'
'Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?'