Chemistry In Context
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.1YT
The smallest building blocks inside your cell phone are about 1000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair fiber!
- a. What is a typical diameter of an individual hair fiber?
- b. Using the answer found in question a, how many hair-fiber widths would it take to span the length your cell phone?
(a)
Expert Solution
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
A typical diameter of an individual hair fiber has to be given.
Explanation of Solution
The diameter of hair fibre can vary in size but it is commonly taking as
(b)
Expert Solution
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
The number of hair-fibre widths would it take to span the length cell phone has to be given.
Explanation of Solution
The cell phone length is dividing by 1.mm to give the number of hair-fiber widths would it take to span the length cell phone.
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