I think that is incorrect.Atoms are the basic elemental building blocks. They are the smallest particles where you can still have an element, and not a sub atomic particle.
Any atom bigger than helium was likely created in a supernova. It is why people (starting with the late Carl Sagan) likes to say we are made of star stuff, what we are made from is the result of massive stellar explosions, over time.
Is that more than than the number of grams of water in all the oceans of the world combined? Anyone know?It turns out that 1 gram of water has about 3X10^22 molecules so about 9X10^22 atoms. That's a 9 with 22 zeros after it.
I just tried my hand at the math, and found that (on average) you'd have to pull 35 to 40 grams of sea water to find one of the marked molecules, or 2.7% chance per gram, which is actually extremely surprising.Is that more than than the number of grams of water in all the oceans of the world combined? Anyone know?
If so...
If you somehow marked all the molecules in your gram of water (a thimble full) and poured it into the sea. Mix up all the oceans (might take millions of years). Then sampled a gram of sea water anywhere in the world. You would find at least one of your molecules there.