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    The atomic nucleus is the small, dense region consisting of protons and neutrons at the center of an atom, discovered in 1911 by Ernest Rutherford based...
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    The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus. For ordinary nuclei composed of...
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    Atom (redirect from Atomic chemical)
    are attracted to the protons in an atomic nucleus by the electromagnetic force. The protons and neutrons in the nucleus are attracted to each other by the...
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    nucleons) in an atomic nucleus. It is approximately equal to the atomic (also known as isotopic) mass of the atom expressed in atomic mass units. Since...
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    containing most of the atom's mass; this region would be known as the atomic nucleus. The Rutherford model was subsequently superseded by the Bohr model...
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  • up nucleus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nucleus (pl.: nuclei) is a Latin word for the seed inside a fruit. It most often refers to: Atomic nucleus...
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    rules for the ordering of the nucleus shells are similar to Hund's Rules of the atomic shells, however, unlike its use in atomic physics, the completion of...
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    hydrogen atom, and the atomic number had been identified as the charge on the nucleus.: §1.1.2  Throughout the 1920s, the nucleus was viewed as composed...
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    behave similarly within the nucleus, they are both referred to as nucleons. Nucleons have a mass of approximately one atomic mass unit, or dalton (symbol:...
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    The shape of the atomic nucleus depends on the variety of factors related to the size and shape of its nucleon constituents and the nuclear force holding...
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