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How is it possible for atoms to be composed of mostly empty space?
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∙ 16y ago
Think of it as the planets being the electrons: Earth, Venus, Mars etc.... and the Sun being the nucleus. The size of the Sun and planets relative to the empty space in the solar system is small. It's the same kind of idea with atoms.
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Discovered the nucleus and that atom was composed of mostly empty space?
Rutherford
What statement does not describe the current model of the atom?
atoms are mostly empty space
What are atoms mostly of?
Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter that make up everyday objects. A desk, the air, even you are made up of atoms. Adoms are in matter (matter is EVERYTHING).Answer:The space occupied by any atom is essentially empty, neither the proton or the electron takes up a lot of room. An electron has a diameter of 1 × 10-13 cm, about 1/1000 of the diameter of a proton. Photographs of atoms show a measurable shape but this is mostly the probability cloud where the electron might be. The protons take up about 1/100,000th of this volumeElectrons, protons and neutrons are composed of sub atomic particles.
What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell about atoms?
that the atom mostly consisted of empty space.
Why is it impossible to slide solid objects through each other given that atoms are mostly empty space?
The electromagnetic field surrounding each atom repels all other atoms.
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).
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.
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
Discovered the nucleus and that atom was composed of mostly empty space?
Rutherford
What discovery demostrated that atoms are mostly empty space?
bohr
Transfer of thermal energy through atoms contacting other atoms?
Not likely. Atoms are mostly empty space.
what did Rutherford conclude about the location of positive charge in atoms?
Ernest Rutherford mostly believed in that it was mostly empty space with positively charged atoms.
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
What are atoms mostly of?
Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter that make up everyday objects. A desk, the air, even you are made up of atoms. Adoms are in matter (matter is EVERYTHING).Answer:The space occupied by any atom is essentially empty, neither the proton or the electron takes up a lot of room. An electron has a diameter of 1 × 10-13 cm, about 1/1000 of the diameter of a proton. Photographs of atoms show a measurable shape but this is mostly the probability cloud where the electron might be. The protons take up about 1/100,000th of this volumeElectrons, protons and neutrons are composed of sub atomic particles.
The reason a granite block is mostly empty space is that the atoms in the granite are?
Yes, this is essentially true. Well over 99.9% of the mass of any atom is in the nucleus. The electrons in their orbitals around that nucleus actually determine the spacial volume that the atom occupies. And on an atomic scale, the distance from the nucleus to the outer boundaries of the electron cloud is enormous. The atom is mostly empty space, and, therefore, anything made up of atoms is mostly empty space.
How did Ernest Rutherford know that atoms was mostly empty space?
> because he is smart lol TROLL
