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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How many atoms does 1kg of mercury have?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

30x10^23 atoms according to my calculations.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

So basically if you handle 1M atoms per second, it would take 95B years to process 1kg...

It's really hard to grasp those scales

[–] threelonmusketeers 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

3.0022×10^24 atoms, to be precise.