why don't you fall through the chair?

Question

the atoms that constitute your body are mostly empty space, and structures such as the chair you're sitting on are composed of atoms that are mostly empty space.

Answer 1

Inter-atomic fields exist between atoms , and the space between atoms (empty space) is filled with inter-atomic field.

Inter-atomic field of body can be repulsive to the inter-atomic field of the chair. Hence we don't fall through the chair

Answer 2

The fourth answer is mostly correct. But the repulsion doesn't come from the electrons, which can adjust their orbits. It comes from repulsion between the positively-charged nucleii. The Coulombic repulsion is inverse square, so the repulsion increases rapidly as the nucleii get close to each other.

The other factor is that the molecules of a solid material are held together by various kinds of chemical bonds. In order for one solid material to pass through another, you'd need to break a huge number of these bonds, and that would take lots of energy. The material with the stronger bonds and higher energy wins. That's usually the bullet rather than the body.

Answer 3

Because the atoms that comprise the chair (and your butt...) and made from electrically charged particles. As the outer electrons in the atoms of each will eventually be so close that they are no longer affected by electromagnetic shielding (that is, at a certain distance the neutral atom stops looking neutral and looks like a negative charge surrounding a positive one) the Coulomb law kicks in and there is suddenly a massive repulsive force. It is this that you feel every time you "touch" something.

Answer 4

you do no longer fall during the chair because of the fact the two the atoms in you and the chair have randomly orbiting electrons. The electrons have a damaging value. The electrons repel one yet another and it is the reason you do no longer fall during the chair. fairly you do no longer even touch the atoms in the chair, you hover over them.

Answer 5

Keyword: mostly.

Atoms are mostly empty space, but they also have a rigid outer structure. Billions of these put together create a very strong surface.

Answer 6

your question doesnt make sense. atom is matter and matter takes up space. an example of "empty space" is space itself and things do "fall" through.

Answer 7

You will fall through if you're fat enough.