Question

The diameter of an atom is approximately 1 × 10-10 m. What is the diameter in picometers?

Answer 1

Answer : The diameter in picometer is, $1\times 10^{2}pm$

Explanation :

As we are given that the diameter of an atom is $1\times 10^{-10}m$. Now we have to convert it into picometers.

Conversion used from meter to picometer is:

$1m=1\times 10^{12}pm$

As, $1m=1\times 10^{12}pm$

So, $1\times 10^{-10}m=\frac{1\times 10^{-10}m}{1m}\times 1\times 10^{12}pm$

$1\times 10^{-10}m=1\times 10^{2}pm$

Thus, the diameter in picometer is, $1\times 10^{2}pm$