Consider Ben Franklin used one teaspoon of oil and if one teaspoon = 5.0 cm3and the area covered by the oil was 0.5 acre. Assume that the oil molecules are cubes that pack closely together and form a layer of one molecule thick. Calculate the thickness of the layer in nm. [Hints: 1 acre = 4047 m2]

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  1. Consider Ben Franklin used one teaspoon of oil and if one teaspoon = 5.0 cm3and the area covered by the oil was 0.5 acre. Assume that the oil molecules are cubes that pack closely together and form a layer of one molecule thick. Calculate the thickness of the layer in nm. [Hints: 1 acre = 4047 m2]

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