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• Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So 1 inch of your wire would weigh ~0.0987 grams, so to measure down to 8.6350242338508 inches of wire your scale would need to weigh down to ~0.00000000000007 grams. Which is the weight of about a dozen atoms or so.

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  • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah which is why you use a Kibble balance. Are you sure you’re cut out for this kind of work?

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    • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m not a scientist, I’m just in IT haha

      I figured there was a way to measure that small of weight but I didn’t know!

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      • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Its akin to having an electon microscope in your kitchen

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• Opisek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We move onto the next issue. How to precisely measure the amount of wire?

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  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Eyeball it. Gotta squint right tho.

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  • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you trust the gauging, you weigh it.

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  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    With a 6 digit voltmeter

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  • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    With an ohm meter?

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