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Beanyboy
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Shipping a mole of tungsten
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I'm trying to visualise how much space a mole of various elements would occupy. Have I got my Maths right? I figured:
A mole of tungsten: about 10cm cubed
A mole of iron: about 7cm cubed
A mole of carbon (graphite): about 5 cm cubed
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April 23, 2018, 08:24:08 AM »
Your values approx. correct. For carbon it depends, do you have diamonds or graphite.
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April 23, 2018, 09:18:26 AM »
Quote from: Beanyboy on April 23, 2018, 07:36:18 AM
A mole of tungsten: about 10cm cubed
I would be careful with how you express this as that could be taken to mean 10cm
3
or a cube 10cm on each side. The first is correct the later is 100 times too much
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April 23, 2018, 09:40:27 AM »
As was said,
Beanyboy:
, show us how you computed, and reference how you got the constants -- i.e. are you using the constants for amorphous carbon, graphite, or diamond.
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April 24, 2018, 04:05:46 AM »
https://www.webelements.com/tungsten/physics.html
for other elements, use the popups on the second periodic table there.
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April 24, 2018, 05:16:26 AM »
My thanks to one and all. The inclusion of the link is much appreciated! As was the point about correctly visualising the physical dimensions of 10cm cubed.
Very much appreciated.
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