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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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThat's actually a very good question. An atom is mostly empty space.
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What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell about the atom?
That the atom Mostly consisted of empty space.- apex
What is the inside of atom mostly made of?
Empty space
Discovered the nucleus and that atom was composed of mostly empty space?
Rutherford
What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell them about the atom?
It told them that the atom was mostly empty space.
How did the gold foil experiment prove an atom was mostly empty space?
Only a small percentage of alpha particles shot at the gold foil were deflected proving that except for the nucleus, the atom was mostly empty space.
What was the significance of Rutherford's experiment?
he discovered the atom was mostly made up of empty space
What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell about the atom?
That the atom Mostly consisted of empty space.- apex
What was significance of rutherfords experiment?
He discovered that the atom was mostly made up of empty space.
What is the inside of atom mostly made of?
Empty space
Is an atom mostly filled with matter?
no it's mostly filled with empty space.
What did gold foil experiment tell about the atom?
that the atom mostly consisted of empty space
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.
Rutherford concluded from his calculations that the volume of an atom is?
its mostly empty space
Where is the mass of a atom?
in the nucleus :D the rest is mostly empty space
Discovered the nucleus and that atom was composed of mostly empty space?
Rutherford
what did Rutherford’s gold-foil experiment tell about the atom?
that the atom mostly consisted of empty space.
What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment tell them about the atom?
It told them that the atom was mostly empty space.
