Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
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Chapter 13 - Temperature and Kinetic Theory - Questions - Page 384: 1

Answer

1 kg of copper has more atoms than 1 kg of lead.

Work Step by Step

The atomic mass of copper is smaller than that of lead. This means that an atom of copper has less mass than an atom of lead. It requires more copper atoms to make up a kg of copper than it would take lead atoms to make up a kg of lead.
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