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Bond length is the measurable distance between two covalently bonded atoms. This measurable distance is an average, as the distance between atoms bounded together can change. Electrostatic forces, where opposites attract, contribute to the strength of a bond.
A typical thickness of a piece of paper is 0.1mm. That means one ten thousandth of a meter, or 10^-4 meters thick. (1) Next, take the average carbon-carbon bond length. We find it to be 154 picometers, that is, 154 x 10^-12 meters long. (2) Now, take the thickness and divide by the average bond length, we get 10^-4 / 154 x 10^-12 = 649,350.6 bonds. Since atoms don't have thickness, it is typical in language to interchange the total amount of bonds with thickness in atoms. So to answer, the paper is about 650,000 atoms thick! (1) Thickness of a Piece of Paper (2) Bond Lengths and Energies