Physics GCSE
Scale of atoms and small molecules
What Scale of atoms and small molecules means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Typically 1 × 10⁻¹⁰ m, which is 0.1 nm, or one ten-billionth of a metre.
Topics that use Scale of atoms and small molecules
- The particle model (OCR GCSE)
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