Physical Universe
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Author: KRAUSKOPF, Konrad B. (konrad Bates), Beiser, Arthur
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Chapter 1, Problem 28E
The diameter of an atom is roughly 104 times the diameter of its nucleus. If the nucleus of an atom were 1 mm across, how many feet across would the atom be?
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