picometer's Room - looking at the entire room
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galaxy | | 21 |
 |
| 20 19 |
local stars | 18 |
 |
| 17 16 |
between | 15 |
 |
| 14 13 |
E's orbit | 12 |
 |
| 11 10 |
sun | 9 |
 |
| 8 7 |
texas | 6 |
 |
| 5 4 |
hood | 3 |
 |
| 2 1 |
you | 0 |
 |
| -1 -2 |
salt grain | -3 |
 |
| -4 -5 |
bacteria | -6 |
 |
| -7 -8 |
atom | -9 |
10-12 m
1 pm
10-11 m
10 pm
10-10 m
100 pm
10-9 m
1000 pm (1 nm)
Van-der-Waals diameters:
H
O
Cl
metallic diameters
Li |
Na |
K |
Ca |
Sc |
Ti |
V |
. . . |
Cu |
Rb |
Cs |
Effect of ionization:
Metals
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Non-Metals
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Most sizes are from Tabor's "Gasses, liquids, and solids".
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