Solved: Helium is the lightest noble gas and the second

Chapter 2, Problem 2.125

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Helium is the lightest noble gas and the second most abundant element (after hydrogen) in the universe. (a) The radius of a helium atom is 3.1 10 11 m; the radius of its nucleus is 2.5 10 15 m. What fraction of the spherical atomic volume is occupied by the nucleus (V of a sphere ? ? r 3 )? 4 3 nitrogen chlorine oxygen (a) (b) 85 (b) The mass of a helium-4 atom is 6.64648 10 24 g, and each of its two electrons has a mass of 9.10939 10 28 g. What fraction of this atoms mass is contributed by its nucleus?

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