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minus-squareLv_InSaNe_vLlinkfedilink5•1 month agoSo 1 inch of your wire would weigh ~0.0987 grams, so to measure down to 8.6350242338508 inches of wire your scale would need to weigh down to ~0.00000000000007 grams. Which is the weight of about a dozen atoms or so.
minus-square@lemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoYeah which is why you use a Kibble balance. Are you sure you’re cut out for this kind of work?
minus-squareLv_InSaNe_vLlinkfedilink3•1 month agoI’m not a scientist, I’m just in IT haha I figured there was a way to measure that small of weight but I didn’t know!
minus-square@lemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoIts akin to having an electon microscope in your kitchen
So 1 inch of your wire would weigh ~0.0987 grams, so to measure down to 8.6350242338508 inches of wire your scale would need to weigh down to ~0.00000000000007 grams. Which is the weight of about a dozen atoms or so.
Yeah which is why you use a Kibble balance. Are you sure you’re cut out for this kind of work?
I’m not a scientist, I’m just in IT haha
I figured there was a way to measure that small of weight but I didn’t know!
Its akin to having an electon microscope in your kitchen