One liter (1000cm3) of oil is spilled onto a smooth lake. If the oil spreads out uniformly

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One liter (1000cm3) of oil is spilled onto a smooth lake. If the oil spreads out uniformly until it makes an oil slick just one molecule thick, with adjacent molecules just touching, estimate the diameter of the oil stick. Assume the oil molecules have diameter of 2 x 10-10m.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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