QUIZ Time !

Question

If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific

knowledge were to be destroyed, and
only one sentence passed on to the
next generations of creatures, what
statement would contain the most
information in the fewest words?

Richard Feynman
 Answer

“It is that all things are made of

atoms—little particles that move
around in perpetual motion, attracting
each other when they are a little
distance apart, but repelling upon
being squeezed into one another. ”
History Of an Atom
Definition:

Atom is the smallest part of a

chemical element that retains
the identity of the element.
Atomic Structure?
1. Particles?
2. Charges?
3. Location?
Misconceptions
1. Orbits vs Shells

2. Localized electron vs Cloud of

probability

3. Nuclear Size,
This is the first image (ever!) of a
Hydrogen atom’s orbital structure
The atomic nucleus is the region located in the centre of
an Atom consists of protons and neutrons ( nucleons).
The size of the nucleus (10^-15 m) is about 100,000 times
smaller than that of the atom (10^-10 m) and focused
almost all of its mass.

. . . therefore :

. . . the size of an atom is one hundred thousand times

greater