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QUANTUM MECHANICS AND THE FORCES BY WHICH ALL THINGS EXIST.
DISCOVERIES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
Ali Sundermier, in an article in the publication — Symmetry — states atoms (everything material is composed of atoms) are mostly empty space. It is not exactly the way a physicist would put it. She means there is not much mass — solid stuff — in an atom. The nucleus (the center) of an atom is around 100,000 times smaller than the atoms they’re housed in. If the nucleus were the size of a peanut, the atom would be around the size of a baseball stadium.
Every type of non-living and living matter in existence is comprised of a core set of just 100 atoms. All elements — liquid, gas and solids — are made up of different combinations of these 100 atoms. The standard record of elements is known as the periodic table. Each naturally occurring element has a unique atomic number (Z) representing the number of protons in its nucleus. [n 2] A definition of element — is a substance that can’t be broken down into a simpler substance. Most elements have differing numbers of neutrons among different atoms, with these variants being referred to as isotopes. For example, carbon has three naturally occurring isotopes: all its atoms have six protons, and most have six neutrons as well, but about one per cent have seven neutrons, and a very small fraction have eight neutrons. Isotopes are never separated…
