i've been learning about them but never get a chance to see a real one.
2007-01-19 13:07:28 · 7 answers · asked by Ha!! 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Imaging actual atoms, one by one, is one of the most difficult things to do, because it cannot be done with any kind of ordinary optical instruments. However, researchers have had good successes with scanning tunnelling microscope. Here's a few links for you to follow up on.
2007-01-19 13:25:24 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atoms are the smallest elements on earth and thus you cannot see one for real. Scientific theory is that they are in a shape similar to our solar system where the nucleus in the middle is like the sun and particles rotate around it like the planets.
One place I found a collection of theory basic elements images:
http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm/FuseAction/ProcessSearch/istSearchKey/atom
2007-01-19 13:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by ◄|| G ||► 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really possible. I onetime saw a picture of a uranium atom, but it was extremely blurry and faint.
2007-01-19 15:58:53 · answer #3 · answered by Scott S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all around you, just look.
Actually they are so small that taking a picture of one is not possible.
2007-01-19 13:11:43 · answer #4 · answered by DT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really don't get conventional pictures, but you can "see" them. It is more that you see the area of space they respond.
2007-01-19 13:38:53 · answer #5 · answered by Peter Boiter Woods 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are seeing it always but never able to realize it. You can not see it with naked eye.
check -
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2628&context=lbnl
2007-01-19 13:40:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are too small to be possibly seen
2007-01-19 13:15:26 · answer #7 · answered by Celia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋