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Using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope,Don Eigler at IBM Arranged 99

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Using a scanning tunneling microscope,Don Eigler at IBM arranged 99 iron atoms on a copper surface to form the Kanji characters for "atom." What is the total mass of iron present in grams and in atomic mass units? Assume that the Fe atoms are "average" in terms of their mass.


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