Rutherford
In an atom, the space between electrons and the nucleus is mostly filled with empty space. The nucleus contains positively charged protons and neutral neutrons, and the electrons surround the nucleus in different energy levels or electron shells.
The inside of an atom is mostly made of protons and neutrons, which are located in the nucleus. The nucleus is surrounded by electrons, which move around the nucleus in specific energy levels.
Mostly empty, In the common model of the atom, electrons are really tiny and they are relatively far from the nucleus which is small (but larger than electrons). In between there is nothing. To bring this distance into perspective if a nucleus is here the next electron would be a football field away.
Think of it as the planets being the electrons: Earth, Venus, Mars etc.... and the Sun being the nucleus. The size of the Sun and planets relative to the empty space in the solar system is small. It's the same kind of idea with atoms.
Mostly empty space.!!!! An atom has a nucleus containing protons and neutrons. Around this nucleus are energy shells of electrons. The analogy is the Solar System. The Sun is the nucleus, the planets are the electrons, but think of all the space between the Sun and the Planets. An atom can be thought of in the same manner.
It was Ernest Rutherford who discovered that atoms are mostly composed of empty space with electrons orbiting a very dense nucleus.
Rutherford's experiment, known as the gold foil experiment, led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus and the development of the nuclear model of the atom. This experiment provided evidence that most of the atom's mass and positive charge is concentrated in a small, dense nucleus at the center of the atom, with electrons orbiting around it. It revolutionized our understanding of atomic structure.
He discovered that the atom was mostly made up of empty space.
in the nucleus :D the rest is mostly empty space
He found that the atom was made up of mostly empty space.
Rutherford's gold-foil experiment determined that atoms have a small, dense, positively charged nucleus at the center, surrounded by mostly empty space with electrons moving around it. This discovery led to the development of the nuclear model of the atom.
In an atom, the space between electrons and the nucleus is mostly filled with empty space. The nucleus contains positively charged protons and neutral neutrons, and the electrons surround the nucleus in different energy levels or electron shells.
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.)
Ernest Rutherford is the scientist who conducted the gold foil experiment in 1909, which led to the discovery that atoms contain a nucleus at their center. This experiment showed that the nucleus is small and positively charged, while the rest of the atom is mostly empty space.
Ernest Rutherford's experiment results showed that atoms have a small, positively charged nucleus at the center. He also discovered that most of the atom's mass is concentrated in the nucleus, and that electrons orbit the nucleus in a mostly empty space.
Rutherford.
The inside of an atom is mostly made of protons and neutrons, which are located in the nucleus. The nucleus is surrounded by electrons, which move around the nucleus in specific energy levels.