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Re:This Can’t Go On by loeg on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:15AM (#28057777)
There are about 48 million atoms per 18 grams of water.
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Re:This Can’t Go On by lordnacho on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @03:05AM (#28058112)
Surely an underestimate? Avogadro's number is something like 6x10e23 IIRC.
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Re:This Can’t Go On by sigio on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @08:55AM (#28060451)
Major underestimate, it's more like 1.8 * 10^24 or, if you prefer, 1.8 million billion billion....

See: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=atoms+in+a+18+grams+of...

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Re:This Can’t Go On by loeg on Thursday August 05, 2021 @12:30AM (#28069889)
Yeah, sorry, I screwed up. 10^23 != 2^23...

We're not running short of atoms.

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