General Chemistry: Atoms First
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ISBN: 9780321809261
Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 1.7, Problem 1.7P
A small speck of carbon the size of a pinhead contains about 1019 atoms, the diameter of a carbon atom is 1.5 × 10−10 m, and the circumference of the Earth at the equator is 40,075 km. How many times around the Earth would the atoms from this speck of carbon extend if they were laid side by side?
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General Chemistry: Atoms First
Ch. 1.1 - Look at the alphabetical list of elements inside...Ch. 1.1 - Prob. 1.2PCh. 1.3 - Identify the following elements as metals,...Ch. 1.3 - Prob. 1.4CPCh. 1.5 - Compounds A and B are colorless gases obtained by...Ch. 1.7 - The gold foil Rutherford used in his scattering...Ch. 1.7 - A small speck of carbon the size of a pinhead...Ch. 1.8 - The isotope S3475e is used medically for the...Ch. 1.8 - Chlorine, one of the elements in common table salt...Ch. 1.8 - An atom of element X contains 47 protons and 62...
Ch. 1.9 - Copper metal has two naturally occurring isotopes:...Ch. 1.9 - Based on your answer to Problem 1.11, how many...Ch. 1.9 - What is the mass in grams of each of the following...Ch. 1.9 - How many moles are in each of the following...Ch. 1.11 - Prob. 1.15PCh. 1.11 - Prob. 1.16PCh. 1.11 - Prob. 1.17CPCh. 1.11 - Prob. 1.18PCh. 1.11 - Prob. 1.19PCh. 1 - Prob. 1.20CPCh. 1 - Where on the following outline of a periodic table...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.22CPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.23CPCh. 1 - If yellow spheres represent sulfur atoms and red...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.25CPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.26CPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.27CPCh. 1 - In the following drawings, red spheres represent...Ch. 1 - Isotope A decays to isotope E through the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.30SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.31SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.32SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.33SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.34SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.35SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.36SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.37SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.38SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.39SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.40SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.41SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.42SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.43SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.44SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.45SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.46SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.47SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.48SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.49SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.50SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.51SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.52SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.53SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.54SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.55SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.56SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.57SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.58SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.59SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.60SPCh. 1 - If 6.02 1023 atoms of element Y have a mass of...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.62SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.63SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.64SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.65SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.66SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.67SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.68SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.69SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.70SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.71SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.72SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.73SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.74SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.75SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.76SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.77SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.78SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.79SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.80SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.81SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.82SPCh. 1 - Which of the following isotope symbols cant be...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.84SPCh. 1 - Naturally occurring silver consists of two...Ch. 1 - Magnesium has three naturally occurring isotopes:...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.87SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.88SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.89SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.90SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.91SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.92SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.93SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.94SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.95SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.96SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.97SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.98SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.99SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.100SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.101SPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.102CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.103CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.104CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.105CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.106CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.107CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.108CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.109CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.110CHPCh. 1 - The mass percent of an element in a compound is...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.112CHPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.113CHPCh. 1 - In an alternate universe, the smallest negatively...
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