Specific surface area of a solid adsorbent is the surface area of the unit mass of the adsorbent. For any adsorbent, the specific surface area may be increased by taking the adsorbent in powdered form or by increasing the pores in the solid.
If unit mass of a solid, taken as cube of volume 8 `cm^(3)`, is powdered into identical `10^(12)` cubes, then the specific surface area of the solid increased by :

Options

A. `10^(12)` times
B. `10^(8)` times
C. `10^(4)` times
D. `10^(-8)` times

Answer

C