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What part of an atom that is mostly empty space is the?
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Why did Thompson choose a circle for his first model of the atom?
The electron will always be the same distance from the nucleus. If there is a heavy part, it makes sense that it will be in the middle so that the atom will be symmetrical. Solar systems are similar in that there is a dense part and a lot of empty space with the sun in the middle.
Why are protons and neutrons not involved in chemical reactions?
Hate to burst your bubble, but they are, considering that the structure of the nucleus is what gives the electrons their properties. That's kind of like asking, "why isn't sunlight part of the taste of a fruit?"I think the question should be why are the electrons mainly responsible for chemical reactions? On the atomic scale, the atom is mostly empty space, with the electron being very far away from the nucleus. The first part of the atom to interact with another atom would always be an electron. The way that atoms share electrons is a big factor in chemical reactions.
Which part of an atom make up most of the size?
The electron cloud that contains the electrons outside the nucleus takes up the most space of the atom.
Why Rutherford's model of the atom is called the nuclear atom?
The Rutherford model was called the nuclear model because he decided on the atom to consist of both the nucleus, and the orbits of electrons, so he separated the nucleus from being combined with the whole atom. it is a due to his test of gold foil being shot with a cathode ray, and since most of the electrons went right through the gold foil, he assumed that the atom was filled with mostly empty space, and that is why the modern description of an atom has a huge size for where the electrons ought to be, with such a small nucleus.
What part of an atom carries most of its mass?
The vast majority of an atom's mass is within the nucleus; the electrons orbiting the nucleus, which do contain the same amount of charge as the nucleus(albeit negative), have virtually no mass when compared to the nucleus. In fact many scientific disciplines disregard the mass of electrons altogether.
What fills the space in between gas molecules Is it just empty space?
Essentially yes - it is empty space. there may be some stray particles now and then but for the most part it is empty.
What is the most part of the volume of the atom made of?
A great, great amount of empty space. I refer you to the link attached.
Which part of an atom takes up the most space?
The protrons and the neutrons take up the most space in a atom.The nucleus takes up the majority of the atoms mass but the majority of the atom at about 99.99% of the atom is actually empty space.
What is a negatively charged part of an atom?
Electrons are negatively charged sub atomic particles.
What do atoms orbit the nucleus in?
A nucleus is part of an atom, so an atom cannot orbit a nucleus in the first place. If your question is what do the ELECTRONS orbit the nucleus in, it's empty space. As proven by Rutherford's experiment with firing 8000 Alpha particles at a gold sheet (I would give you the Wikipedia page but it is written with very scientific terminology), a atom is mostly empty space, as proven by the 7999 alpha particles he fired that went through, but has a TINY nucleus in the middle, as proven by the 1 that bounced back.
What part of an atom takes up most of its space?
The most space of an atom is vacuum.
Why did Thompson choose a circle for his first model of the atom?
The electron will always be the same distance from the nucleus. If there is a heavy part, it makes sense that it will be in the middle so that the atom will be symmetrical. Solar systems are similar in that there is a dense part and a lot of empty space with the sun in the middle.
What part of the atom makes up most of the volume?
most of an atoms volume is nothing, think of the atom as a football stadium, a football in the centre is the neucleus, electrons would be the size of peas in the very back row, the rest is empty space. on top of that the neclues is made of protons and neutrons, which spaces between, these necleons are made of quarks which also have empty space between them, the quarks are made of neons which again have spaces between. Many physicists believes this continues in this fashion.
What was Ernest Rutherford most known for?
He is best known for his new model of the atom. He performed the alpha scattering experiment and concluded that the nucleus is positively charged, very dense and makes up a very small part of the atom such that most of an atom is empty space.
What region of an atom has the least mass?
The space surrounding the nucleus.
What is the space between an electron and proton in hydrogen atom filled with?
We can imagine the space between an electron and a proton, in a hydrogen atom, being filled with electromagnetic fields, since both of these particles generate such fields. But really, that is a mathematical device more than a reality. It's empty space. It isn't filled with anything.Answer:The space in an atom is part of the probability density gradient of the electron. Electrons are not any place in particular at any time (the Bohr concept of a solid little planet-like electrons circling the nucleus is not with us any longer), the space between the our "shell" of the atom and the nucleus represents an area where the electron is less likely to be than any other place in the atom. This space is thus filled with the electron, at least part of the time.Alternately, thanks to research on the Higgs boson's existence, there is a position that that a field exists that has non-zero strength everywhere (even in otherwise empty space) this is the this so-called Higgs field. This would fill any space in the atom as well as around the atom.
What does the word mostly empty mean in science?
In science, there is no true vacuum (empty space). "Mostly empty" means a non-significant number greater than zero in the given content. For example, if we had a zoo of 9,999 elephants and 1 lion, we could say my zoo is "mostly elephants". However, if 9,997 elephants died, leaving 2 elephant and 1 lion, we can no longer say it is "mostly elephants" as the lion represents a large part of the total zoo.
