Expert: Paras Anand - 4/28/2009

Question
hello Prof, please kindly tell me the exact or approximate mass of 1. red blood cell 2. white blood cell. i am a NMR researcher in one of the nigerian universities. thanks

Answer
Hi Dada,

I am not completely sure of this answer, however I found this somewhere on the internet.

mass of red blood cell      9 x 10-14 kg     

The mass of WBC was not given, however it is known that WBC is 1000 times less than RBC.

Hope this helps,

Best,