How Big is an Atom? BEST. EXPLANATION. EVER.

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This simple model is by far the easiest way of visualizing the size of an atom. An atom, the ball, and the Earth are the only three objects you need!!

There are about as many iron atoms in a 6-cm-wide (2.4-inch-wide) iron sphere as it would take to fill the whole Earth with 6-cm-wide iron spheres!

This video is a short excerpt from our "Shedding Light on Atoms Episode 6: Electron Shells" video.

Visit our website to view more videos, to download our free student activity sheets and practical exercises, and to read our online text book on atoms and atomic structure.
Liacos Educational Media is the creator of the famous Shedding Light series of videos. If you are a teacher and your school has ClickView, Learn360, Films on Demand, or Safari Montage be sure to check them all out!
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Just the sort of real world comparison it was looking for. Got it in a nutshell (aka steel ball). Thanks mate.

wyattelurch
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Is it weird that "60mm steel ball" has just gone to the top of my Xmas list? 🤔

DanOliverUK
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Brilliant video. I'll say it again, this video definitely needs more views!

cardamundo
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I don't understand why there aren't more likes of this video. What a fantastic job it is! Now I am using the steel ball model to help my students have an idea about the scales of atoms.

joneslu
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how are inter-atomic sizes measured technically, with which equipment setup?

kisho
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The ending outro is like the soundtrack of some horror movie lol

GeezSus
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I’m here bcs I don’t wanna watch a 30 min video of nanobrothers smh

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