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The nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons. Most of the elements with low atomic numbers are equally protons and neutrons. However, as elements get heavier they will have more neutrons than protons, and since each weigh the same amount (1 Atomic Mass unit) these nuclei will get most of their weight from the neutrons.
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Where is the proton located in an atom?
In the nucleus of the atom, along with neutrons. The electrons are found around the nucleus. If the atom was the size of a Baseball stadium, the nucleus would be the size of a baseball! Most of the space in an atom is taken up by the electron cloud which surrounds the nucleus. That is why atoms are actually mostly empty space.
Where is the electron most likely to be found in the nucleus of an atom?
An atom mostly consists of empty space. Electrons revolve around the nucleus in a fixed orbit .
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.
What did gold foil experiment enable Rutherford to conclude?
It allowed him to conclude that an atom is mostly empty space with a nucleus
What did Rutherford learn about the atom from his gold-foil experiment?
Rutherford discovered that atoms are mostly empty space except for the nucleus at the center of the atom.
What is mostly inside an atom?
Nucleus
What makes up the weight an atom or molecule?
The number of protons and neutrons controls the weight of an atom.
What is the weight of the nucleus of this atom?
6
What part of a atom has weight?
the nucleus and everything in the nucleus like protons and neutrons
Which part of the nucleus is mostly made of RNA and proteins?
nucleolus
What is in side an atom?
Mostly nothing. There is a nucleus, but that is incredibly tiny, but it controls the properties. Electrons are mostly at the periphery.
What monitors what comes in and out of the cell or nucleus?
what monitors what come in and out of cell or nucleus
Why the nucleus important to a cell?
the only way for the genetical reforming is the nucleus and also nucleus can control the functioning of the entire cell mostly than other organells.
Where does the nuclear enengy come from?
It comes from the fission of certain nuclei, mostly U235 and Pu239. Every fission of a nucleus of an atom of these materials releases a certain amount of energy as heat.
Where is the mass of a atom?
in the nucleus :D the rest is mostly empty space
Where will the ribosome pass going out of the nucleus?
Mostly to rough ER.Some are in cytoplasm
Discovered the nucleus and that atom was composed of mostly empty space?
Rutherford
