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Can we compress an atom?

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Is the ability of an atom to attract or pull an electron to itself when it is in a molecule?

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If a proton or neutron is only about 55 pm, how can the carbon atom be 340 pm and is it spherical or non-spherical? How can they even see it to measure it?

asked Sep 16, 2022 in Atomic Physics by OnlyGus

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How would an atom of beryllium-9 change if it had one more proton, what would happen if it had one less neutron, and what would happen if it had one more electron?

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If a proton and an electron are removed from a helium atom, can it become a hydrogen atom?

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If a neutron is heavier than a proton, how can a proton produce a neutron, positron, neutrino? And why is it a positron and a neutrino?

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How long do atoms take to decay? Is it possible for an atom to stop decaying and become stable forever?

asked Sep 13, 2022 in Atomic Physics by Kreg92

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How does Rutherford’s atomic model explain that electrons are revolving around the nucleus?

asked Sep 13, 2022 in Atomic Physics by SolarisSeeker

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What happens when an antiparticle is added to an atom?

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What is the number of electrons in 0.28 g of nitrogen atom?

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Does every atom of an element have the same number of nucleons?

asked Sep 11, 2022 in Atomic Physics by Jesse Gaffey

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What type of matter are atoms the most tightly packed?

asked Sep 11, 2022 in Atomic Physics by P F Hammer (2.8k points)

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Can protons be negative in an atom?

asked Sep 11, 2022 in Atomic Physics by jmc2000

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In the Bohr-model, when the hydrogen-atom is in its ground state, the electron has some orbital angular momentum. In QM its angular momentum is zero in this situation. How is that possible?

asked Sep 10, 2022 in Atomic Physics by rummo1950

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Do anti-quarks reside in the nucleus of atoms or are they created in a laboratory?

asked Aug 19, 2022 in Atomic Physics by lilem83

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What are the allowed transitions between energy levels in an atom or ion?

asked Aug 19, 2022 in Atomic Physics by StellarVerse

+155 votes

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Why do people say hydrogen is made of two hydrogen atoms if one atom is already a hydrogen atom? Why do people also refer to it as a molecule?

asked Aug 18, 2022 in Atomic Physics by westerlybowler

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How is the structure of an atom maintained?

asked Aug 17, 2022 in Atomic Physics by plastic bertrand

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H3PO3 has 3 hydrogen atoms but loses only 2. Why?

asked Aug 16, 2022 in Atomic Physics by hill_terry

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What happens when two hydrogen atoms fuse together?

asked Aug 16, 2022 in Atomic Physics by davnav

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