Laboratory Measurement of the Mass and Size of the Copper Atom (open access)

Laboratory Measurement of the Mass and Size of the Copper Atom

An easy experiment for undergraduate students to measure the mass and diameter of a copper atom can be performed with inexpensive apparatus normally available any college physics laboratory. By measuring the density and by copperplating, one can obtain results which are accurate to better than 5%.
Date: January 9, 1961
Creator: Sartain, Carl C.
System: The UNT Digital Library