In chemistry and physics class, they visualise them as plastic marbles with sticks to connect them to eachother, but what is the true shape of an atom? It also contains quarks and has spinning electrons and neutrons around it. Is it a cloud? How does atomic matter actually look?
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The center is a dense cluster of neutrons and protons. Around this are “clouds” of electrons; because of quantum effects it is impossible to pinpoint exactly where the electons are. There is a lot of space between the electrons and the nucleus.
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