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Damon Diemente

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J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (1), p 55

DOI: 10.1021/ed076p55

Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1999

Abstract

This article presents a few calculations demonstrating that gravitational attraction between atoms is many orders of magnitude weaker than the gravitational attraction between Earth and an atom, and that the gravitational attraction between two ions is many orders of magnitude weaker than the electromagnetic attraction between them.

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High School / Introductory Chemistry

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Applications and Analogies

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Atomic Properties / Structure

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