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Re:We are not mostly empty space by muny on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:46PM (#23120366)
> Atoms exist on extremely tiny scales, just 1 ångström across...

I may be misinterpreting, but it sounds like he's saying all atoms are 1 ångström in diameter.

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Re:We are not mostly empty space by saagarjha on Friday May 08, 2020 @07:04PM (#23120488)
That sounds within one or two orders of magnitude?
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Re:We are not mostly empty space by thayne on Friday May 08, 2020 @08:07PM (#23120877)
just one order of magnitude actually
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Re:We are not mostly empty space by saagarjha on Friday May 08, 2020 @11:24PM (#23121999)
One on each side, I guess.
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Re:We are not mostly empty space by mcnamaratw on Saturday May 09, 2020 @07:27AM (#23123821)
That's not a terrible place to start. "Under most definitions the radii of isolated neutral atoms range between 30 and 300 pm (trillionths of a meter), or between 0.3 and 3 ångströms."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_radius

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