Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 1 - Exercises - Page 51c: 38

Answer

100 m

Work Step by Step

Diameter of proton (nucleus): $1\times 10^{-15}$ m Diameter of hydrogen atom: $1\times 10^{-10}$ m $\frac{d_{atom}}{d_{nucleus}}=\frac{1\times 10^{-10}}{1\times 10^{-15}}=10^5.$ So the atom is about $100,000$ larger than its nucleus. If the nucleus is modeled as $1$ mm ($=1\times 10^{-3}$ m, we have: $d_{atom}=10^5\times 1\times 10^{-3}=100$. So if the nucleus has a diameter of 1 mm, the diameter of atom will be : 100 m.
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