Molecules are the building blocks of matter.
You’ve probably heard that before, right? But that does it mean? What does a molecule look like? How big are they?
While you technically can measure the size of a molecule, despite the fact it’s usually too small to do even with a regular microscope, what you can’t do is see an image of the molecule itself. The reason has to do with the limits of nature and wavelengths of light, not because our technology isn’t there yet, or we’re not smart enough to figure it out. Scientists have to get creative about the ways they do about measuring something that isn’t possible to see with the eyes.
Here’s a cool experiment you can do that will approximate the size of a molecule. Here’s what you need:
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Oh no! I just replaced this worksheet last week because it had errors, and now I see it went back to the original one! I’ll repost it now so you can re-download it. Thanks!
How do I figure out the length of the oil molecules in the worksheet without the radius of the spill?
Oh no! Yes, please do send an email along so I can help!
Also having trouble with end of lab problems. Sent you an email with work my daughter did to attempt to solve it.
Can you send me a snapshot of what you have so far? I am at [email protected]
We are having trouble with the problems at the end of this lab. Could you explain how you got your answer? I’ve used the formulas given in the lab and am not coming up with anything close.