Show atom atoms take journey journeys atoms even the heavy atoms of lead are wanderer prof J G von clevesy of the university of arel 1 burg in breisgau Breis gau germony Ger ninny I 1 as been investigating their properties I 1 lead ead atoms are c constantly constantly in motion even in solid metal he believes in an alloy of lead and gold at a tempera ture half again as high as that of boiling water the atoms wander through a space of a hundredth of a cubic inch in a day when there Is nothing but lead in the lump how ever moving moning about Is not nearly so easy in pure had an atom can call ml grate in one day through a space of one to two ten billionths of a cubic inch |