One barn, a unit used for cross sections in nuclear and particle physics, is equal to 1
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One barn, a unit used for cross sections in nuclear and particle physics, is equal to 10^−28 square meters, about the cross−sectional area of a uranium nucleus.
Assuming an atom is perfectly spherical and it has a diameter of 0.455 nm, determine its cross section in barns.
Express your answer in scientific notation.
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