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If atoms are mostly empty space why can't people walk through walls?
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∙ 14y ago
because they are so small and so close together that there is no humanly known way to manufacture objects small enough to pass through these extremely small spaces. So the empty space is not easy to get into. Atoms have a central nucleus and electrons whizzing around the nucleus in extremely fast orbits. Sometimes there are several layers or 'shells' of orbiting electrons.
The whole structure is held together by strong forces, bot easily broken. Scientists have only recently been able to split to atom, but is has taken a lot of power snd scientific expertise.
Furthermore, individual atoms are bonded to other atoms, making a very strong element or material, which holds together and which prevents other atoms from passing through.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere is a chance that you could walk through a wall if every atom in your body lined up with every atom in the wall, but it's highly unlikely. It's something like a one in 1 trillion chance or maybe more, but you would spend your whole life trying to do it.
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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.
What statement does not describe the current model of the atom?
atoms are mostly empty space
What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell about atoms?
that the atom mostly consisted of empty space.
What did Rutherford gold foil experiment suggest about the structure of an atom?
1) Atoms were mostly empty space (because most alpha particles went straight through the gold foil) 2) Atoms had a dense nucleus (because few alpha particles bounced straight back from the atoms) 3) The nucleus of atoms were positively charged (some alpha particles were deflected at large angles)
Does heat move only where atoms and molecules are?
No. There is empty space between the sun and earth, but radiant heat gets through that empty region.
Transfer of thermal energy through atoms contacting other atoms?
Not likely. Atoms are mostly empty space.
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
Why can't humans walk through objects if the atoms in your bodies are mostly empty space?
Because the outsides of all atoms are negatively charged so they repel when they come close.
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.
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.
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
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).
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
What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell about atoms?
that the atom mostly consisted of empty space.
