When Comparing 10,000 Amu of Mercury Atoms with 10,000 Amu

question 36

Multiple Choice

When comparing 10,000 amu of mercury atoms with 10,000 amu of iron atoms:

• A)each sample has the same number of atoms.
• B)there are more iron atoms than mercury atoms.
• C)there are more mercury atoms than iron atoms.
• D)it is not possible to tell which sample contains more atoms.
• E)mercury is a liquid, so it would be less dense than the iron, and therefore there would be fewer atoms.

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