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Hi,
   My teacher gave me a problem yesterday and i cant seem to fiqure out how to do it can anyone help please?

The question is "A mol of bb's would cover the state of New Jersey to what depth"

Any help would be appreciated
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2006, 05:15:18 PM »
Hi,
   My teacher gave me a problem yesterday and i cant seem to fiqure out how to do it can anyone help please?

The question is "A mol of bb's would cover the state of New Jersey to what depth"

Any help would be appreciated

well for this you have to know the number of bb's in a mole (avogadro's number  ;) ) and the surface area of New Jersey

go from there
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2006, 05:29:22 PM »
What's bb?
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2006, 05:36:25 PM »
What's bb?

shooting bb's i think

sorry you also need the volume of a bb for this problem
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2006, 05:52:15 PM »
Hi,
   My teacher gave me a problem yesterday and i cant seem to fiqure out how to do it can anyone help please?

The question is "A mol of bb's would cover the state of New Jersey to what depth"

Any help would be appreciated
6.02*10^23 parts per mole. then find the area of NJ and the area that each bb takes up and go from there.
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2006, 05:56:32 PM »
What's bb?

shooting bb's i think


Hardly helpfull. Note that English is my second language and I am about 8500 km from Colorado.

All I can think of is barbecue ;) although I think it is abbreviated bbq?
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2006, 05:58:59 PM »
Hi,
   My teacher gave me a problem yesterday and i cant seem to fiqure out how to do it can anyone help please?

The question is "A mol of bb's would cover the state of New Jersey to what depth"

Any help would be appreciated
6.02*10^23 parts per mole. then find the area of NJ and the area that each bb takes up and go from there.

thank you for nearly quoting what i said  :o
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2006, 06:00:47 PM »
What's bb?

shooting bb's i think


Hardly helpfull. Note that English is my second language and I am about 8500 km from Colorado.

All I can think of is barbecue ;) although I think it is abbreviated bbq?

that would be a very good thought and yes, bbq would be the abbrev. where do you live and what is your first language? just as a quick tangent
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2006, 06:03:04 PM »
Hardly helpfull. Note that English is my second language and I am about 8500 km from Colorado.
All I can think of is barbecue ;) although I think it is abbreviated bbq?

you feed them through this:
these are CO2 powered bb guns.
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2006, 06:06:26 PM »
No przecie? wszyscy wiedz?, ?e jestem polakiem ;)

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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2006, 06:12:06 PM »
straightexhaust, let us know once you figured it out and we can check it for you
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2006, 12:05:12 AM »
The area of NJ is :

7,836 sq miles / 20 295 sq kil

Can the BB be battleship (not chemistry but you can have its mole)!

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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2006, 03:12:40 AM »
bb sounds like ball bearings..
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Re: Chem question (confusing)
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2006, 04:54:33 AM »
Definitely ball bearings!
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