An atom is mostly empty space. You are referring to an electron cloud. An electron is 1/2000 the size of a proton. Empty space is the reason that x-rays can travel through a chunk of lead. You would think if the atoms were tightly packed that they would be unable to travel through. But atoms are not tightly packed allowing this to happen.
2007-07-28 03:59:56
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answered by justask23 5
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ERROR...
You mean what is the thing that fills the space between the NUCLEUS of an atom and the ELECTRONS of an atom. That thing is empty space.
Since the Big Bang was what supposedly created all the things about and around us, no one knows what was before that. There is no answer to that question. However, I can turn around and ask some of my friends here at the Bar if you wish...
2007-07-28 10:40:43
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answered by zahbudar 6
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The "thing" is called "nothing." All of the physical universe is mostly nothing.
And electrons are inside atoms, and so you must mean "the space between the nucleus of an atom and an electron."
Yes, it's true. You are mostly empty space, and so is everything else.
2007-07-28 11:47:12
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answered by aviophage 7
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In the Biblical record or Creation It is indicated that Our Creator Created both the Substance of space (high waters)and the substance of the Eath (masses).
We live in the substance of space just like a fish lives in the Water.
That substance is holding all masses into a structure and architecture.
The atoms and their elementary particles live in that space. Without the Creation of Space ,the atoms would not exist ,neither would the Universe.
You Cannot inquire what was there before the Big Bang. Because the theory of the big Bang is only aprox once century old.The big bang Theory was created by man on the basis of solutions to diferential mathemathical equation.s And Mathematics is a wonderfull world of games.
The Universe was designed to function as it does by Our Creator.
2007-07-28 10:29:25
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answered by goring 6
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It is vacuum or nothing at all, as far as we can tell. There are different theories about what was before the Big Bang. One is that there is a cycle of big bangs and big crunches. Some theories are difficult to explain briefly here and require much scientific knowledge that few people on YA have.
2007-07-28 10:41:34
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answered by miyuki & kyojin 7
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What a CROCK contained in that first answer!! One more Creationist hardhead.
I presume you meant the space between the nucleus of an atom and electrons in orbital shells around it.
No matter. Literally. No matter. There is simply vacuous space, as far as we know.
A quick lesson on atomic structure:
1) Density of space/matter in the innermost electron shell (K shell) is greater than all other outer regions (the space/matter density that on the surface [the very close regions] of the nucleus is even greater than the K shell).
2) The second L shell has a space/matter density lower than the K shell but greater than outer regions of the L shell and so on.
3) All form of chemical energies are released because of the rapid- releasing and expansion (explosion) of space/matter from the reactant atom's outer regions.
4) In an endothermic chemical reaction, all form of energies (heat, radiant, electrical, mechanical etc.) are absorbed by reactants for the bond breaking between atoms. When bonds breaking between atoms occur, the atoms will be separated and the 'previously overlapped volume' between them will be instantaneously filled with space/matter
5) Mechanical energy stored in a spring, in a compressed gas or any object that directly store mechanical energy (in a compressed form) are because of the compressing of space/matter in the shells of the atoms of that object. I.e. when the 'space/matter shells' are compressed in an atom, they store mechanical potential energy.
6) There are three factors that determine the electron configuration in an atom.
a) Attractive force from the nucleus to negative charged orbital electrons (because of the presence of positive charged protons in the nucleus).
b) Buoyant force exerted on the orbital electrons by space/matter in the atom.
c) Repulsive forces between orbital electrons (electrons within an orbit and electrons from inner and outer orbits).
7) An atom has two types of shells.
a) Electron shells: - Regions where the orbital electrons are configured in an atom, when the atom is in a lowest energy level.
b) Transitory shells: - Possible regions where the orbital electrons can jump from their 'electron shells', when the orbital electrons are in an excited state.
8) Each of the electron shells and transitory shells of an atom has their own unique natural frequencies.
An atom has an enormous number of transitory shells and a few electron shells (hydrogen and helium have one electron shell, lithium to neon have two electron shells, sodium to argon have three electron shells so on) that are made of space/matter with each of they are having unique resonant or natural frequencies. For example, a hydrogen atom with only one orbital electron can make a large number of spectrum lines when they are in an extremely exited state (look up Line Spectrum of Hydrogen Atom). The natural frequency of the innermost electron shell of an atom will be greater than all outer electron shells and transitory shells. The natural frequency of shells lowers as the distance increases from the nucleus. This is the reason for a heavy atom's innermost orbital electrons make x-ray spectrum frequencies when they are excited and outer orbital electrons generate much lower frequency when they are excited.
The "Big Bang" event has been described as the 'beginning" of all that we know to exist in our reality. So there is nothing known or even hypothesized about anything before.
2007-07-28 10:58:31
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answered by Anonymous
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My freind there is nothing between neutrons,protons and electron they are closely bounded that there is no space in between. and there is nothing smaller than electron.
2007-07-28 10:50:42
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answered by Dhr 2
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Space and nothing but space . Space is nothing.
2007-07-28 11:58:06
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answered by JOHNNIE B 7
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