document.write( "Question 212578: One cubic millimeter of oil is spread on the surface of the water so that the surface of water so that the oil film has an area of 1 square meter.
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document.write( "What is the thickness of the oil film in angstrom units? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #160528 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! One cubic millimeter of oil is spread on the surface of the water so that the surface of water so that the oil film has an area of 1 square meter.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What is the thickness of the oil film in angstrom units? \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "1 sq meter = 1,000,000 sq mms \n" ); document.write( "Vol = Area*thickness \n" ); document.write( "1 mm^3 = 1000000*t \n" ); document.write( "t = 0.000001 mm = 1E-6 mm \n" ); document.write( "1 Angstrom = 1E-10 meters = 1E-7 mms \n" ); document.write( "t = 10 Angstroms \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "Angstrom is not in common use any more, nanometers are more common. \n" ); document.write( "nano = billionth = 1E-9 \n" ); document.write( "We use meters, millimeters, microns (1 millionth of a meter), nanometers, picometers. \n" ); document.write( " |