DIMENSIONS OF THIS MODEL

Length----3.59 x 10^-2 meters
Width----3.59 x 10^-2 meters
Height----3.59 x 10^-2 meters

Length----3.59 x 10^8 angstroms
Width----3.59 x 10^8 angstroms
Height----3.59 x 10^8 angstroms

Length----3.59 x 10^9 nanometers
Width----3.59 x 10^9 nanometers
Height----3.59 x 10^9 nanometers

MASS OF 1 SALT CUBE
2.3 x 10^-4 grams

MOLES OF NaCl IN 1 SALT CUBE
1.3442 x 10^-2 moles NaCl in one salt cube

MOLECULES OF NaCl IN 1 SALT CUBE

According to my calculations there are 8.0921 x 10^21 NaCl molecules in one salt cube

DIMENSIONS OF NaCl CUBE IN REFFERENCE TO MODEL
Length----0.629 nanometers
Width----0.629 nanometers
Height----0.629 nanometers

NUMBER OF NaCl MOLECULES IN 1 CUBE ACCORDING TO MODEL

13 NaCl molecules with one Na+ ion left over

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One mole of atoms is 6.02*10^23 atoms.....to give you an idea of how big this is, one mole of pennies would make 7 individual stacks that reach to the moon.  

10 nm (1.0^-9 meters) is also knows as .01 micro meters (1.0*10^-6 meters) It is roughly the thickness of a cell membrane