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Not exactly. An electron is an actual physical particle with a negative charge. An electron cloud is (generally) a spherical area around the nucleus of an atom that predicts where the electrons might be located.

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What are the region around the nucleus where the electrons are located called?

The region around the nucleus where the electrons are located is called the electron cloud or electron shell. Electrons exist in specific energy levels within these shells, determined by their distance from the nucleus.


What is the region around the nucleus where electrons are found?

The electron cloud. An electron cloud is a volume or region in the atom where it is likely to find or detect an electron. It is actually really hard to detect an electron because an atom is mostly empty space, electrons are orbiting the nucleus at almost the speed of light so they orbit really fast, the electrons are very tiny and may be point like since we don't really know the volume or size of the electron, and an atom in reality is 3 dimensional which the electron cloud and orbitals is 3 dimensional. Since electrons are so hard to detect then they would call this volume or region of the atom an electron cloud because the electron cloud is a volume or region where they know that electrons are likely to be there even if they are hard to find. Or maybe the electron cloud is where they can also know the different sub- orbitals or subshells of the electrons.


The region of space where electrons of a certain energy move about the nucleus of an atom?

The region of space where electrons of a certain energy move about the nucleus of an atom is called an electron orbital. Electron orbitals are regions where there is a high probability of finding an electron based on its energy level. Different electron orbitals have different shapes and orientations.


What is the region around a nucleus where an electron might be found?

The region around a nucleus where an electron might be found is called an electron cloud or electron orbital. It represents the probability of finding an electron at a specific location based on its energy level. The electron cloud is a three-dimensional representation of where an electron is likely to be located within an atom.


How can you use atom electron nucleus and electron cloud in the same sentence?

Electron in an atom is represented by electron cloud around the nucleus

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What are regions of space outside the nucleus where electrons travel?

Electron cloud or also called electron orbitals.


What do you call the region of an atom in which electrons move?

The region of an atom in which the electrons move is called the electron shell, or electron cloud.


Which particle of an atom is in a cloud space?

We understand that the electron is the particle that is found in what is called the electron cloud around the nucleus of an atom.


What is the fuzzy part of an atom called?

I suppose on some atom models the electron cloud would be called "fuzzy".


What are the region around the nucleus where the electrons are located called?

The region around the nucleus where the electrons are located is called the electron cloud or electron shell. Electrons exist in specific energy levels within these shells, determined by their distance from the nucleus.


Why is the current atomic called the electron cloud models?

The electron cloud model best describes the organization of electrons around the nucleus of an atom.


What is the space where an electron orbits the nucleus of the atom called?

The electron field, or electron cloud. i'd have to look at my notes.


What is the area surrounding nucleus of atom called?

Electron Cloud


What is the current model of an model called?

The Electron Cloud model


What is the current atomic model called?

The Electron Cloud model


Why is the current atomic model called electron cloud model?

The electron cloud model best describes the organization of electrons around the nucleus of an atom.


What are found in the space surrounding the nucleus of an atom?

The space around the nucleus of an atom is called the electron cloud. The electron cloud is the space in which the electrons of that atom travel. Compared to the nucleus, the electron cloud is enormous.