Why can't we view atoms?

Question

Why can't we just zoom in more?

Answer 1

In chemistry and physics, an atom (Greek ἄτομος or átomos meaning "indivisible") is the smallest particle still characterizing a chemical element.
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Answer 2

When we try to zoom beyond a point, the detail doesn't increase and the empty magnification goes on increasing. Like try to see a photo with more and more zoom and you will find that the pixels start becoming bigger without any increase in detail.

Atoms are too small to be seen by visible light or even x-rays etc. Only electromagnetic radiation of wave length comparable to the size of the atoms can reveal their detail. AFM is one such instrument.

Answer 3

We have viewed atoms with an electron microscope, and to your second question, we can zoom in more, but first we must have the desire to do so, the ambition to make it happen, and the ingenuity to resolve the problems.

Answer 4

The radious of the atom exists in between 46 to 221 pico meters(i.e.0.000000000001).So it's impossible to view.only with the helf of electron microscope it can be viewed.

Answer 5

we can't see atom because the size of an individual atom is smaller than the wave length of light .when light
it is a fact that we can see only those things whose size is larger than the wave length of the visible rays reflecting from that object. wave length of visible light is larger than the size of an atom .
thus we use electron microscope to see an atom which uses a beam of electron whose wave length is smaller than the size of an atom.

Answer 6

Because atoms are only a tiny percentage of the wavelength of light, so they're 'invisible' to light. And if you -could- see them, you couldn't see them because they're mostly empty space!

We can almost, sort of, see them in an scanning electron microscope.