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"Millions" sounds like a huge number until you remember that Avogadro's number is six hundred thousand million million million. A cup of milk is on the order o
by frob 3y ago
"Millions" sounds like a huge number until you remember that Avogadro's number is six hundred thousand million million million.
A cup of milk is on the order of a mole of particles (+/- 90%), so that's only slightly more than one part in a trillion.
- frob 3y agoScratch that. I was off by a factor of a million. It's slightly more than one part in a quintillion.