The diameter of a chlorine atom is 200. pm. How many chlorine atoms are required to line up end to end to stretch a distance of 1.0 mm?

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The diameter of a chlorine atom is 200. pm. How many chlorine atoms are required to line up end to end to stretch a distance of 1.0 mm?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-28T20:54:48

Good question. #(1xx10^-3*m)/(200xx10^-12*m)#

Explanation:

#(1xx10^-3*m)/(200xx10^-12*m)# #=# #??#

A more realistic measurement might consider the chlorine molecule. #Cl_2# has a bond length of #2.00xx10^-10# #m#. How many of these ened to end will fit in a #mm#. Pretty vast but not infinite.

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The diameter of a chlorine atom is 200. pm. How many chlorine atoms are required to line up end to end to stretch a distance of 1.0 mm?

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