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How many orders of magnitude greater is the radius of the atom as compared to that of the nucleus?

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Size of atom = `10^-10`m
Size of atomic nucleus = `10^-14`m.
Size of atom `div` size of nucleus is `10^-10/10^-14=10^4m`
`therefore` Size of atom is `10^4` times greater than size of nucleus.
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