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Is the The diameter of any single atom lies between 1 and 2 cm true or false?
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Does the diameter of any single atom lie between 1 and 2 cm?
No. Atoms are a little smaller than that. There are bigger ones and smaller ones. If you take a bunch of the biggest ones, you can fit something like 20,000,000 of those across 1 centimeter.
Can you explain why the estimation of the diameter of an atom is greater or less than the known value?
Here's a guess... Without getting overly complicated.... The diameter of the atom isn't just the diameter of the atom's nucleus... it is the diameter of the whole atom including the electron cloud surrounding the nucleus. As the name implies, an electron cloud represents all the possible locations that the electron could be. This cloud has thickness and therefore the atom could be smaller if the electron is in a portion of the cloud closer to the nucleus or larger is the electron is in a portion of the cloud farther from the nucleus. The "known value" is probably just the average of the two. Therefore, an atom's diameter has a range rather than a fixed value.
How many times greater is the diameter of an atom than the diameter of its nucleus?
Well it is not a fixed ratio, each element has its own diameter for the atom and nucleus depending on atomic number and atomic weight. but an idea can be given: for a certain elemnt the atom daimeter is 225 picometer and the nucleus diameter is 6 femtometer ,the ratio would be ( 225x 10^ - 12) /(6x 10^ - 15)= 37500.
Can diameter be measured in feet?
Yes. Although if you are measuring the diameter of an atom, or a galaxy, you might consider other units to be far more suitable.
How small is an atom in scientific notation?
The size of an atom can vary depending on the element. However, on average, an atom has a diameter of about 0.1 nanometers, which is equivalent to 1 x 10^-10 meters in scientific notation.
Which diagram best represents the relationship between the diameter of a sodium atom and the diameter of a positive sodium ion?
A sodium ion is smaller in diameter than a sodium atom.
Is it true or false that chloride ions are chlorine atoms that have lost a single electron?
False. A chloride ion is a chlorine atom that has gaineda single electron.
Which is a reasonable estimate for the radius of an atom?
The diameter of an atom varies between 62 and 520 pm, depending on on the specific type of atom.
Diameter of the center of the atom of hydrogen?
The atomic nucleus of hydrogen atom has a diameter of 1,75 femtometres.
True or False an atom is the smallest part of a compound that may still be identified as the compound?
False. A molecule is the smallest part of a compound that can still be indentified as a compound as it may contain several atoms of different elements. A single atom can only identify a single element, not a compound which it may have been a part of.
When an atom gains electrons it becomes positively charged true or false?
False. If an atom gains or loses electrons, the result is called an ion, not a molecule.
Is atomic mass and atomic diameter the same thing?
No, the atomic mass is the average mass of the atom and the atomic diameter is the average diameter of the atom
What is the atom with the smallest diameter?
A hydrogen atom has the smallest diameter because there is only one proton and neutron.
How much bigger is a hydrogen atom than a proton?
A hydrogen atom has a diameter of about 60 picometers while a proton has a diameter of 1.75 femotometers. So a hydrogen atom's diameter is about 35,000 times that of a proton.
What is formed when a single atom of Krypton?
This single atom remain an atom of krypton !
What is the deference between an atom and an element?
An element refers to a type of atom, while atom refers to the specific one.Element can refer to many atoms, atom refers to the single particle.
If you wanted to make an accurate scale model of the hydrogen atom and decided that the nucleus would have a diameter of 5 mm what would be the diameter of the entire model in m?
The diameter of the entire model would be about 22 meters at the furthest points if your atom was a hydrogen atom. This is based upon the relative size of the different pieces of the nucleus, electrons and distance between them.
