2007-10-31 01:09:54 · 3 answers · asked by suppajam 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
They're not like ping pong balls with rigid boundaries, so is depends on how closely there are packed.
2007-10-31 02:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean mass.
A proton is about 10^-13 cm. If you could pack them as tightly as possible, you would be able to fit 10^13 of them along a cm line.
A cm³ would contain 10^(13*3) or 10^39 protons.
A proton has mass of about 1.7 * 10^27 kg so a cm³ of protons would have a mass of:
10^39 * 1.7E10^27 = 1.7E8 kg or 170 million kg
At standard Earth gravity, this is about 370 million pounds.
2007-10-31 08:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Neutrons? Protons would be extremely hard to pack together as like charges repel each other. If this is what you want, there are plenty of sites that will tell you how much 1 cc of Neutron star material would weigh.
2007-10-31 08:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋