Length in Meters (m) Masses in Kilograms (kg) Time in Seconds (s) 10-22 s = mean lifetime of very | 10-15 m diameter of proton 10-30 kg = mass of electron %3D unstable nucleus 10-17 s = time for single floating-point operation in a supercomputer 10-14 m = diameter of large nucleus 10-27 kg = mass of proton 10-15 s = time for one oscillation of visible light 10-10 m diameter of hydrogen atom 10-15 kg = mass of bacterium 10-13 s = time for one vibration of an 10-7 m = diameter of typical virus 10-5 kg = mass of mosquito atom in a solid 10-3 s = duration of a nerve impulse |10-2 m = pinky fingernail width 10-2 kg = mass of hummingbird 10° m = height of 4 year old child 10° kg = mass of liter of water 10° s = time for one heartbeat -1 Liter 1 kg Q's 105 s = one day |102 m = length of football field 102 kg = mass of person 107 s = one year 107 m diameter of Earth 1019 kg = mass of atmosphere 1013 m = diameter of solar system 1022 kg = mass of Moon 10° s = human lifetime 1011 s = recorded human history |1016 m = distance light travels in a year (one light-year) 1025 kg = mass of Earth |1021 m = Milky Way diameter 1030 kg 1017 s = age of Earth = mass of Sun 1026 m = distance to edge of 1053 kg = upper limit on mass of 1018 s = age of the universe observable universe known universe Figure 1.4 This table shows the orders of magnitude of length, mass, and time.

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Half Life

The concept of Half Life has numerous practical applications some of them includes figuring out the effective drug dosage to finding out when a radioactive becomes safe to use. If you look for a career in Nuclear Physics you will need this concept.