re: atom radius and nucleus radius

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From: Eric Muller (emuller@isaac.exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 10 2003 - 09:32:45 PDT

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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:32:45 -0700
From: Eric Muller <emuller@isaac.exploratorium.edu>
Subject: re: atom radius and nucleus radius

Hi Lara,

The typical atom has a diameter of 10^-10 meters. The typical nucleus
has an average diameter of 10 ^- 15 meters. This means, that on
average, an atom has a diameter that is 10^5 or 100,000 times bigger
than its nucleus.

PS. I sent a pdf copy of this activity to you too.

-- Eric Muller Exploratorium Teacher Institute Science Educator 3601 Lyon St. San Francisco, CA 94123

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