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Foiled Again! Using Macroscale Measurements to Determine Microscale Quantities

Foiled Again! Using Macroscale Measurements to Determine Microscale Quantities

This activity is a guided inquiry activity where students take simple measurements and use unit analysis to determine the thickness of a sheet of aluminum foil, the volume of an aluminum atom, and the radius of an aluminum atom.

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Chemistry, Atomic Structure, NSDL, Physics
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Material Type:
Assessment Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed
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Website
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Language:
English
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No
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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