Actually this is true. The nucleus of an atom makes up a very small percentage of the atom (to be safe I am going to say less than five percent at largest.) The rest of the atom is composed of the electron orbitals.
Since there can only be so many electrons in a single orbital at any given time most of the space in the orbital is never filled. Thus a large majority of an atom is indeed empty space.
In some models, an atom is mostly empty space, as most of the mass is concentrated in the nucleus, which takes up a tiny proportion of the overall volume, whilst electrons are confined to specific orbits around it. However, the nucleus itself is not empty space, being made up of densely-packed protons and neutrons, which in turn are made up of smaller entities called quarks.
That's quite true. I have seen the amount of space in an atom that's occupied by
the nucleus compared to the amount of space in the state of Texas that's occupied
by a bunch of grapes.
Yes, this was proven by the Geiger-Marsden experiment (also known as the gold foil experiment).
Anybody who knows much about atoms and is willing to ignore virtual particles. The credit for actually discovering this should probably go to Rutherford. (Or Rutherford, Geiger, and Marsden ... Geiger and Marsden actually did the experiment in Rutherford's lab, and Rutherford was the one who explained the results.)
That atoms are mostly empty space and they have a positively charged nucleus.
The alpha particle scattering experiment by Ernest Rutherford (1911) demonstrates that more than 99.9% of an atom contains empty space.
he discovered the atom was mostly made up of empty space
They are very dense.
Ernest Rutherford.... The Great Scientist.Hope this helped! :D
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Not likely. Atoms are mostly empty space.
Rutherford, with his gold foil experiment.
atoms are mostly empty space
Ernest Rutherford mostly believed in that it was mostly empty space with positively charged atoms.
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.
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).
Anybody who knows much about atoms and is willing to ignore virtual particles. The credit for actually discovering this should probably go to Rutherford. (Or Rutherford, Geiger, and Marsden ... Geiger and Marsden actually did the experiment in Rutherford's lab, and Rutherford was the one who explained the results.)
> because he is smart lol TROLL
that the atom mostly consisted of empty space.