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Sizes
The size of an atom is roughly
m and of a nucleus roughly
m. This latter distance is 1 femtometre in SI terms (1 fm), but for historical reasons is known in nuclear physics as 1 Fermi.
Physics Department
Wed Nov 6 08:30:28 GMT+0200 1996
m and of
a nucleus roughly 
m. This latter distance is 1 femtometre
in SI terms (1 fm), but for historical reasons is known in nuclear
physics as 1 Fermi.