Mr. Auric Goldfinger, criminal mastermind, intends to smuggle several tons of gold across international borders by disguising it as lumps of iron ore. He commands his engineer minions to form the gold into little spheres with a diameter of exactly 8 cm and paint them black. However, his chief engineer points out that customs officials will surely notice the unusual weight of the "iron ore" if the balls are made of solid gold (density 19.3 g/cm). She suggests forming the gold into hollow balls One of the balls of fake instead (see sketch at right), so that the fake "iron ore" has the same density as real iron ore (5.15 g/cm'). "iron ore," sliced in half. Calculate the required thickness of the walls of each hollow lump of "iron ore." Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 2 significant digits.

Mr. Auric Goldfinger, criminal mastermind, intends to smuggle several tons of gold across international borders by disguising it as lumps of iron ore. He commands his engineer minions to form the gold into little spheres with a diameter of exactly 8 cm and paint them black. However, his chief engineer points out that customs officials will surely notice the unusual weight of the "iron ore" if the balls are made of solid gold (density 19.3 g/cm). She suggests forming the gold into hollow balls One of the balls of fake instead (see sketch at right), so that the fake "iron ore" has the same density as real iron ore (5.15 g/cm'). "iron ore," sliced in half. Calculate the required thickness of the walls of each hollow lump of "iron ore." Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 2 significant digits.

Chemistry

9th Edition

ISBN:9781133611097

Author:Steven S. Zumdahl

Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 113CP: On October 21, 1982, the Bureau of the Mint changed the composition of pennies (see Exercise 120)....

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