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What are the particles found in the nucleus aside from protons and neutrons?
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No other particles; but protons and neutrons contain quarks and gluons.
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What is the structure of the atoms?
An atom has three primary components, aside from subatomic particles. A simple atom of hydrogen has one electron, proton and neutron.
What is Osmium Tetroxide made of?
Osmium is a chemical element that has the symbol Os and atomic number 76. So it is made of itself.Individual atoms are, as usual made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. The protons and neutrons are made up of quarks.That aside, see the first paragraph in this answer.
Why are large nuclei unstable?
So you wanna know why there aren't any stable atoms with atomic numbers greater than 83 (bismuth)? We're gonna find out, and to do so, we'll bounce around a bit in review and then fall on the answer. Buckle up. Ready? Let's do this. Atoms are comprised of protons, neutrons (in anything but "simple" hydrogen - 1H) and electrons. Set aside the electrons and let's look just at the nucleons. That's the name we give components of the nucleus, our protons and neutrons. Remember the basic laws of electrostatics? Like charges repel and opposites ones attract, right? Good. Let's jump. The atomic identity (sometimes called the proton number) of an atom is due solely to the number of protons in its nucleus. Only that. And in anything but 1H there are neutrons in the nucleus. Let's look at helium. It has two protons. Always. But it sometimes has a single neutron in its nucleus, and sometimes it has two neutrons. The one-neutron nucleus is very rare, and the two-neutron nucleus is super common. But look how it's made! You recall that when some hydrogen is squished down and turned into helium, that's fusion, right? Right. Now the news. Focus. The protons don't like each other. They're both positive, and repel. They'd rather not hang out together in a nucleus. But in helium, a neutron, or, most frequently, two neutrons, are "welded together" with the two protons to form the nucleus. What happens is that under extreme conditions (fusion), the protons and the neutron or two all go to Jenny Craig and give up some weight. This mass that they lose (called mass deficit), is converted into binding energy (or nuclear glue) to stick the whole thing together. That way we can get a stable nucleus with the two protons at least tolerating things. And the two different configurations, the one- and two-neutrons units, are called isotopes of helium. The word isotope speaks to atoms of a given element that have different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. Got it? Good. Jump with me. In review, remember that whenever any heavier-than-hydrogen nucleus is formed by fusion, it must include neutrons. And all the nucleons that are going to be forming that nucleus (whichever one it might be) are going to 24-Hour Fitness. They're gonna be working off some weight (mass) to have it converted into binding energy. That's the only way to get the whole thing to stick together. Oh, and the binding energy thing is orchestrated by the strong force. That's new info. But don't get hung up there or you'll slide over to quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and it ain't time for that yet. As we build atoms bigger and better, it takes a few more neutrons at those higher atomic numbers to help create the binding energy. So when we get to heavier and heavier nuclei, the number of protons continues to climb, and the repulsive forces at work in the nucleus, the ones the binding energy is overcoming to keep the thing together, start to go outa sight. Eventually we simply can't make a heavier nucleus. The binding energy is insufficiently strong, even though we keep making more of it. And bismuth is the heaviest of the stable nuclei. Bummer. Oh, we can make heavier nuclei, we just can't keep them from just falling apart after a while. There are quite a few elements past bismuth. And they're all unstable, all radioactive with half lives of seconds to millions of years. All of them. All the elements and all of their isotopes. The mass deficit that creates binding energy will, at some point, be unable to overpower the repulsion of a large proton mass in the nucleus of a heavy element and keep it together. Nope, can't be done. Bismuth? Atomic number 89? End of the line for stable elements.
Which structure in plant cells might responsible for pushing the nucleus aside?
The nuclo
How did j j Thompson describe the structure of the atom?
It is J.J. Thompson that is given credit for the discovery of the electron, and he theorized that these negative charges were embedded in a positively charged cloud like plums in a plum pudding. This gave rise to the "plum pudding" model of the atom, a theoretical structure that was swept aside by the Geiger and Marsden gold foil experiment.
What is the structure of the atoms?
An atom has three primary components, aside from subatomic particles. A simple atom of hydrogen has one electron, proton and neutron.
What is a carbon atom made of?
Carbon atoms are defined as those atoms which have 6 protons in their nucleus. Aside from that I will note that carbon is a very important element. All forms of life that we know of, including ourselves, could not exist without carbon atoms.
What is Osmium Tetroxide made of?
Osmium is a chemical element that has the symbol Os and atomic number 76. So it is made of itself.Individual atoms are, as usual made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. The protons and neutrons are made up of quarks.That aside, see the first paragraph in this answer.
How do you turn mass into a chemical?
Any mass that possesses a proton and or neutrons within its nucleus is a chemical. Aside from dark matter, any ordinary mass is already a chemical.
What radiation results in the greatest change in atomic number?
Setting aside spontaneous fission, which is the natural "splitting" of an atom into fissin fragments, it is alpha decay that results in the greatest change in atomic number. The alpha particle carries off a helium-4 nucleus, which is a pair of protons and a pair of neutrons. Atomic number of an element involved in an alpha decay goes down by two.
Why are large nuclei unstable?
So you wanna know why there aren't any stable atoms with atomic numbers greater than 83 (bismuth)? We're gonna find out, and to do so, we'll bounce around a bit in review and then fall on the answer. Buckle up. Ready? Let's do this. Atoms are comprised of protons, neutrons (in anything but "simple" hydrogen - 1H) and electrons. Set aside the electrons and let's look just at the nucleons. That's the name we give components of the nucleus, our protons and neutrons. Remember the basic laws of electrostatics? Like charges repel and opposites ones attract, right? Good. Let's jump. The atomic identity (sometimes called the proton number) of an atom is due solely to the number of protons in its nucleus. Only that. And in anything but 1H there are neutrons in the nucleus. Let's look at helium. It has two protons. Always. But it sometimes has a single neutron in its nucleus, and sometimes it has two neutrons. The one-neutron nucleus is very rare, and the two-neutron nucleus is super common. But look how it's made! You recall that when some hydrogen is squished down and turned into helium, that's fusion, right? Right. Now the news. Focus. The protons don't like each other. They're both positive, and repel. They'd rather not hang out together in a nucleus. But in helium, a neutron, or, most frequently, two neutrons, are "welded together" with the two protons to form the nucleus. What happens is that under extreme conditions (fusion), the protons and the neutron or two all go to Jenny Craig and give up some weight. This mass that they lose (called mass deficit), is converted into binding energy (or nuclear glue) to stick the whole thing together. That way we can get a stable nucleus with the two protons at least tolerating things. And the two different configurations, the one- and two-neutrons units, are called isotopes of helium. The word isotope speaks to atoms of a given element that have different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. Got it? Good. Jump with me. In review, remember that whenever any heavier-than-hydrogen nucleus is formed by fusion, it must include neutrons. And all the nucleons that are going to be forming that nucleus (whichever one it might be) are going to 24-Hour Fitness. They're gonna be working off some weight (mass) to have it converted into binding energy. That's the only way to get the whole thing to stick together. Oh, and the binding energy thing is orchestrated by the strong force. That's new info. But don't get hung up there or you'll slide over to quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and it ain't time for that yet. As we build atoms bigger and better, it takes a few more neutrons at those higher atomic numbers to help create the binding energy. So when we get to heavier and heavier nuclei, the number of protons continues to climb, and the repulsive forces at work in the nucleus, the ones the binding energy is overcoming to keep the thing together, start to go outa sight. Eventually we simply can't make a heavier nucleus. The binding energy is insufficiently strong, even though we keep making more of it. And bismuth is the heaviest of the stable nuclei. Bummer. Oh, we can make heavier nuclei, we just can't keep them from just falling apart after a while. There are quite a few elements past bismuth. And they're all unstable, all radioactive with half lives of seconds to millions of years. All of them. All the elements and all of their isotopes. The mass deficit that creates binding energy will, at some point, be unable to overpower the repulsion of a large proton mass in the nucleus of a heavy element and keep it together. Nope, can't be done. Bismuth? Atomic number 89? End of the line for stable elements.
Which structure in plant cells might responsible for pushing the nucleus aside?
The nuclo
What effect does the nucleus have on atomic spectra of different elements?
Aside from determining how many electrons the atom has, the nucleus does not affect the spectra of that atom in any way.
How did j j Thompson describe the structure of the atom?
It is J.J. Thompson that is given credit for the discovery of the electron, and he theorized that these negative charges were embedded in a positively charged cloud like plums in a plum pudding. This gave rise to the "plum pudding" model of the atom, a theoretical structure that was swept aside by the Geiger and Marsden gold foil experiment.
What uses nuclear energy?
Fission is a nuclear reaction where the nucleus of one atom splits into two smaller nucleus creating different elements with smaller atomic number and sometimes releasing free protons and neutrons. The process of Nuclear Fission creates a lot of energy using minimal material, hence it is a good source of electricity. Also, one of the most known yet dangerous use is the creation of nuclear bombs.
Why is atomic mass of an element an average mass?
The Atomic Mass of an element is the numerical average of all the masses of the naturally occurring isotopes of that element proportionately. Man made elements do not count in supposedly. IE: If we have an element with atomic weight 100 and we have an isotope of that element with atomic weight 102 and if they occurred equally in nature then the Atomic Mass would be 101.
A cellular organelle that possess a membrane?
Most cellular organelles have membranes. Mitochondria, chloroplasts and nucleus are special among those because they have double membranes instead of single.
