The pencil line is made out of carbon atoms. Assuming that the average diameter of a carbon atom is 3.49x10^-10m, how many atoms thick is the pencil?
ya gotta tell us something about the size of the pencil or its drawn line, or something. A little proofreading can improve your chances of getting meaningful help.
Then there's the composition of the pencil lead. It's not pure carbon. And are yu assuming that the carbon atoms are jammed right next to each other?
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To find out how many atoms thick the pencil line is, we need to determine the number of carbon atoms that can fit across the line.
First, let's calculate the thickness of the pencil line in meters. We are given that the average diameter of a carbon atom is 3.49x10^-10m. However, we need the radius to find the thickness. The radius is half of the diameter.
Radius = 3.49x10^-10m / 2 = 1.745x10^-10m
Now, we have the thickness of the pencil line, which is the radius of a carbon atom.
To find out how many atom diameters are present in the pencil line, we divide the pencil thickness by the diameter of a carbon atom:
Pencil thickness / Atom diameter = 1.745x10^-10m / 3.49x10^-10m
Simplifying the equation:
1.745x10^-10m / 3.49x10^-10m = 0.5
So, the pencil line is approximately 0.5 atom diameters thick.
Keep in mind that this calculation assumes the carbon atoms are packed tightly together without any space in between. In reality, there will be some space between the atoms, so this is an estimation.