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Atoms — Definition & Overview

By Adrien
Image of a hydrogen atom. There is a proton in the center, and an electron orbiting around it.

Image source: By ZYjacklin CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the hydrogen atom depicted above, the electron is pretty far away from the proton. In fact, real atoms have much larger distances between the nucleus and electron orbitals. What is in this space?

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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