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Feral_Timelord
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Feral_Timelord asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 9 years ago

Is it possible, even just using maths to remove much of the space within atoms?

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  • Steve B
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    9 years ago
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    The 'structure' of atoms is a 'model' or 'theory' developed to explain the results of various experiments that show that 'most of an atom is empty space most of the time' (electrons most probably** 'occupy' or 'smear' themselves over much of the space in a probable way)

    So 'yes', but only because the mathematical formula (Quantum Theory) correctly predict what we have found by experiment (if it did not, we would develop a new theory).....

    So using the various formula proves nothing ...

    **probability always being a bit of an issue with anything Quantum) :-)

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_history_of_the_de...
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