Rutherford performed an experiment by allowing a stream of alpha particles to pass through a very thin gold foil. He observed that alpha particles pass through the metal foil without deviating from their path. This shows that an atom contains a large empty space called nuclear space.
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Feb 16, 2015 · Vacuum means empty space and it doesn't have atoms. But even empty space is not completely empty. Quarks, the elementary particles that form ...
Jan 2, 2014 · The "space" of atoms is the electron orbitals and exists because electrons, unlike light, are fermions and cannot exist in the same quantum ...
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Jan 12, 2013 · Atoms are not mostly empty space because there is no such thing as purely empty space. Rather, space is filled with a wide variety of ...
Apr 16, 2020 · They say that atoms are mostly 99.99999% empty space. But quantum physics says otherwise.
A hydrogen atom is about 99.9999999999996% empty space. Put another way, if a hydrogen atom were the size of the earth, the proton at its center would be about ...
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Jan 3, 2024 · Particles seem not to have any size, so by one definition, the atom is 100% empty space. Fundamental particles, though, not composites. Neutrons ...
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Apr 15, 2018 · This empty space is not actually empty, but is filled with the electron field, which determines the electron density and stability of the atom.
