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Yes. In 1908, Rutherford conducted an experiment of shooting a beam of alpha particles through a sheet of tinfoil. Most of the alpha particles went straight through the foil, which proves that there are empty spaces in atoms. And the rest of the particles that didn't go straight through the foil are deflected at acute angles, those particles are deflected by the positive nucleus in the center of the atoms.
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∙ 13y agoYes in fact Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms contain mostly empty space, with his gold foil experiment. He discovered that the electrons are not randomly placed around the nucleus.
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∙ 14y agoYes, most of the atom is empty space.
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Conducted experiments that indicated that atoms largely consist of empty space?
Lord Rutherford
Who discovered that electrons move in empty space in an atom?
It was Ernest Rutherford who discovered that atoms are mostly composed of empty space with electrons orbiting a very dense nucleus.
Most of the matter in the universe exists as?
Matter is made up of elements and compounds, which are made up of atoms. But in an atom, most of the volume that it takes up is empty space. So all matter is mostly made up of empty space.
Does light waves travel fastest through empty space?
Light waves, like all electromagnetic waves, travel without a medium, so they can travel through empty space. Sound waves, on the other hand, do require a medium to travel or propagate; therefore, they can not travel through empty space.
What is an empty space that contains no matter that light can travel through?
A vacuum.
Do atoms contian empty space?
Yes they do.
The body is made of?
The body is made of bones,fat,cells,blood,and atoms. Because of atoms your body is mostly empty space The body is made of bones,fat,cells,blood,and atoms. Because of atoms your body is mostly empty space The body is made of bones,fat,cells,blood,and atoms. Because of atoms your body is mostly empty space
What discovery demostrated that atoms are mostly empty space?
bohr
What makes up the most the volume of atoms?
Empty space.
Can travel though empty space?
Yes, you can travel through empty space. The Sun, Earth, moon, satellites, space ships, atoms, and subatomic particles all travel through empty space. Greater than 99.999% of matter is empty space.
Transfer of thermal energy through atoms contacting other atoms?
Not likely. Atoms are mostly empty space.
What is between the helium atoms in a helium balloon?
When you look at atoms at that small of a level, between them you actually have empty space- nothing at all like in space. Even between the nucleus and its electrons of an atom itself there is a lot of empty space.
Why can we state that most of the volume of matter such as the tabletop you are writing on is actually empty space?
Because the space between atomic particles, atoms and molecules is empty.
Who discovered that atoms were mostly empty space?
Rutherford, with his gold foil experiment.
What statement does not describe the current model of the atom?
atoms are mostly empty space
Conducted experiments that indicated that atoms largely consist of empty space?
Lord Rutherford
Are gold atoms composed of mostly matter or empty space?
All atoms are mostly empty space, as the electromagnetic repulsion between atomic nuclei keep them from reaching each other (except under extreme pressure, as in the center of stars).
