Gold, which has a density of 19.32 g/cm3, is the most ductile metal and can be pressed into a thin leaf or drawn out into a long fiber a) If the sample of gold,with a mss of 27.63g, is pressed into a leaf of 2 um thickness, what is the area of the leaf? b)If instead,the gold is drawn out into a cylindrical fiber of radius 3 um , what is the lenght of the fiber ?

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Gold, which has a density of 19.32 g/cm3, is the most ductile metal and can be pressed into a thin leaf or drawn out into a long fiber

a) If the sample of gold,with a mss of 27.63g, is pressed into a leaf of 2 um thickness, what is the area of the leaf?

b)If instead,the gold is drawn out into a cylindrical fiber of radius 3 um , what is the lenght of the fiber ?

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