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One technique proposed for recycling plastic grocery bags is to heat them at \(700^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and high pressure to form carbon microspheres that can be used in a number of applications. Electron microscopy shows some representative carbon microspheres obtained in this manner, where the scale is given in the bottom right corner of the figure. Determine the number of carbon atoms in a typical carbon microsphere.

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QUESTION:

One technique proposed for recycling plastic grocery bags is to heat them at \(700^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and high pressure to form carbon microspheres that can be used in a number of applications. Electron microscopy shows some representative carbon microspheres obtained in this manner, where the scale is given in the bottom right corner of the figure. Determine the number of carbon atoms in a typical carbon microsphere.

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The diameter of a carbon atom is approximately 340 pm.

From the given image,

The diameter of the carbon atom is approximately 5m.

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