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xeze [42]
3 years ago
12

Why is the nucleus very tense?

Chemistry
1 answer:
iren [92.7K]3 years ago
7 0
Atoms are composed almost entirely of empty space, about 99.99999999% empty space. Virtually all of the atom's mass is from its protons an neutrons. In cases where intense gravity has 'squeezed out' most of the empty space, such as in a neutron star, the matter is incredibly dense. This density is approximately equivalent to the mass of a Boeing 747 compressed to the size of a small grain of sand, or the human population condensed to the size of a sugar cube.
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1) The alpha decay equation shows that the isotope Fm - 257, whose nucleus has 100 protons and 157 neutrons, emitted an alpha particle (a nucleus with 2 protons and 2 neutrons).

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