Atoms Are the Building Blocks of Everything with Mass.
Here are two of my articles about atoms. I hope you find them interesting.
British spelling.
My articles are meant for people with an average understanding of the workings of the universe.
Atoms are small. But how small?
Atoms are the smallest particles of chemical elements.
They are the basic building blocks of everything that can be seen or touched, including me, you, and every other living thing on our planet.
Apart from a hydrogen atom, which has just one proton and one spinning electron, other different types of atoms are made up of various amounts of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
A chemical element is a pure substance made of atoms that have the same number of protons in their nucleus, and the number of protons is known as their atomic number.
The mass of an atom is the total number of protons and neutrons combined. To give you an idea of the size of an atom and how small they are, take a human being of, say, 70 kilograms in weight. The total number…
