PDA

View Full Version : Atoms in grain of sand


BigD
Aug 22, 2006, 10:06 PM
Estimate the number of atoms in a grain of sand. Assume the grain is a
0.25mm (on each side) cube and that average distance between atoms is
10^-10m.


Please help me answer this question I have a lot of trouble solving it. Can u show the steps too. Thank you sooo much.

RickJ
Aug 23, 2006, 02:27 AM
Here, check this out:
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/oct2000/971706798.Ph.r.html

BigD
Aug 23, 2006, 12:54 PM
Thanks a lot RickJ. Very fast explanation of the problem. Thanks again for helping.