• Question: How many atoms will make a mp3 player

    Asked by Nerf rough cut-retaliator to Philip, Ali, Alex on 9 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Alex Pool

      Alex Pool answered on 9 Nov 2014:

      Brilliant question, but one I think it’d be almost impossible to work out – the number would be gigantic!!

      Just to give an example, there are more atoms in a teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the entire Atlantic Ocean, so billions and billions! And that’s just in a teaspoon of water!

      So amazing question, but all I can say is it’d be a number so big that it’d be scary to try and think about.

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