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How Small is a Carbon Atom?

Postby E-lad » Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:56 pm

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Re: How Small is a Carbon Atom?

Postby Whateverman » Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:54 pm

Fantastic! Great find, Froggie...
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Re: How Small is a Carbon Atom?

Postby ExPatMatt » Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:23 pm

Wicked-cool.
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Re: How Small is a Carbon Atom?

Postby E-lad » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:44 pm

ExPatMatt wrote:Wicked-cool.


As an mechanical engineer, by training, I have this absloutely phenominol appreciaionm for comparing thse measurements.

I kinda have graduated eyeballs for mesurements

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Re: How Small is a Carbon Atom?

Postby Hugo » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:23 pm

Great link!

You must love the ones that show the other extreme, comparing our planet/Sun with the biggest start we can observe
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