Question

Imagine there are two large boxes that have the same dimension standing on top of a shaking platform. A student fills up the first box with wooden balls of equal size. The same student fills up the second box with hollow bronze balls of equal size. The bronze balls have a bigger radius but weigh less than the wooden balls. Which set of balls has higher atomic packing factor (APF)? The size of the boxes are much larger than the size of the balls.
a) Box filled with wooden balls has higher APF.
b) Box filled with bronze balls has higher APF. Neither.
c) The APF of both boxes are the same.
d) There is not enough information to make a comparison.

Answer 1

The answer is a has higher apf