2006-12-15 02:21:54 · 9 answers · asked by Dave 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Sharp? (purpose)
Less then an atom perhaps?
Less then an electron perhaps?
Any further and we have to matter to slice :)
2006-12-15 02:35:40 · answer #1 · answered by Edward 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well objects can be molecularly sharp though it would look like a rounded edge if you were small enough to see the individual atoms. Diamond knifes for example used to prepare slides for electron microscopy.
2006-12-15 04:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question should be how small can something be, the answer is the Planck constant, which is 1.6 x 10 to the -34 power meter
2006-12-15 07:26:57 · answer #3 · answered by G Constant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically sharp things remain sharp regardless of an indiviuals size.
2006-12-15 02:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even blunt objects can pierce you if they are going fast enough, Think of musket balls! So I would say you couldn't get small enough, unless you were so small that electrons were like ten feet wide to you. Then they'd just smash you....
I think I get what you are asking though, but you'd have to make your matter smaller than other matter, and that's no laughing matter!
2006-12-15 02:32:38 · answer #5 · answered by ~XenoFluX 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haha - Wonderful question.
The real question would be how small are the smallest sharp things?
I would gestimate smaller than 0.0001cm.
2006-12-15 02:26:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't know but apparently a slug can crawl over a razor blade uninjured because of the mucus it creates. Maybe size isn't everything.
2006-12-15 09:02:02 · answer #7 · answered by Gordon B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a think and then ask the question again.
What you are asking dosen`t make sense.
2006-12-15 02:51:05 · answer #8 · answered by Spanner 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
as above
2006-12-15 04:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋