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The thickness of paper is measured in 'calipers'
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Check on the packaging of the paper for the manufacturer's specifications, if you can be confident that the specifications are accurate. You could press a known number of sheets of paper together (to extract as much air as possible), measure the stack as accurately as you can, and do the division in order to arrive at an estimated thickness of one sheet. You would divide the thickness of the pile by the number of sheets in the pile. Or you could use a micrometer to measure the thickness of one sheet. It would be interesting to use all three methods and see what you can conclude (or theorize) about differences you observe.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y ago== You need a measuring tool called a "micrometer". == If you are calculating it, you'll need the length and width of the sheet (if it's rectangular), or you'll need the area of the foil, and you'll need its weight. Then you can look up the density (mass per unit of volume) and apply that to the volume (sans the thickness), and the mass (weight). Once an equation is set up, you'll "turn the crank" and out will pop the thickness of the foil. It will be the only unknown in the expression.
Given: M (Mass) = 0.51g Required: V (Volume)
D (Density) = 2.7 g/cm³ T (Thickness)
H (Height) = 10 cm
W (Width) = 10 cm
Analysis: D = M/V
L*W*H = V
Solve: D = M/V L*W*H(T) = V
2.7 = 0.51/V 10 cm * 10 cm * T = 0.18
V = 0.51/2.7 100T = 0.18
V = 0.18 T = 0.0018 cm
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE!!!!!!!!
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∙ 14y agoeither take a Micrometer screw gauge which is used by engineers to measure small distances. Thicknesses will be measured in 1/1000th of an inch or100th of a mm. Alternatively take a new ream of paper which will have the number of sheets in the pack printed upon the carton. Measure the thickness of the stack of paper using a ruler and divide by number of sheets
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∙ 15y agowith a ruler, caliper, thickness gauge, measuring tape, it depends on how thick, or thin it is. same thing goes with measuring the thickness of anything
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∙ 12y agoDensity is weight/volume so you need to figure out the weight and volume of a piece of foil. A graduated cylinder and an electronic balance come to mind :)
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