How Small an Object Can a Scanning Tunneling Microscope "See

question 59

Multiple Choice

How small an object can a scanning tunneling microscope "see?"

• A)about the size of a mushroom spore
• B)about the size of a living cell
• C)as small as a single atom
• D)as small as the nucleus of an atom

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