Home
Class 9
CHEMISTRY
Most of the space in an atom is empty. J...

Most of the space in an atom is empty. Justify.

Text Solution

AI Generated Solution

To justify the statement that most of the space in an atom is empty, we can refer to Rutherford's gold foil experiment. Here’s a step-by-step explanation: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding the Atom's Structure**: - Atoms are composed of a nucleus, which contains protons and neutrons, and electrons that orbit around the nucleus. The nucleus is very small compared to the overall size of the atom. 2. **Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment**: ...
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM

    MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise NCERT SECTION |41 Videos
  • STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM

    MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise EXERCISE ( MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS -LEVEL-1)|30 Videos
  • STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM

    MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise OLYMPIAD / HOTS CORNER |15 Videos
  • PERIODIC CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS

    MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise EXERCISE (INTEGER/NUMERICAL VALUE)|4 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Which observations in scatteing experiment led Rutherford to make the following conclusions: (i) Most of the space in an atom is empty , (ii) Whole mass of an atom is present in its center. (iii) Nucleus is postively charged.

(a) What observations in scartterting experiment led Rutherford to make the following conclusions? (i) The most of the space in an atom is empty. (ii) The whole of the mass of the atom is present in the centre of the nucleus. (iii) Nucleus has positive charge. (b) What is the value of orbital angular momentum for an electron in 2s orbital ? (c ) How many electrons in an atom may have n = 4 and m_s = + 1//2 ? (d) What physical meaning is attributed to the square of the absolute value of wave function Psi^2 ?

What observations in alpha -rays scattering experiment conducted by Rutherford led to the following inferences? (i) Most of the space in the atom is empty . (ii) The entire mass of the atom is cncentrated in the nucleus . (iii) The nucleus carries positive charge .

Rutherford's alpha -particle scattering experiment showed that (i) electrons have negative charge. (ii) the mass and positive charge of the atom is concentrated in the nucleus. (iii) neutron exists in the nucleus. (iv) most of the space in atom is empty. Which of the above statements are correct ?

Assertion (A ): In the alpha -particle scattering experiment most of the alpha -particles pass undeviated. Reason (R ): Most of the space in the atom is empty.

Most of the mass of an atom is located

MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION-STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM-SOLVED EXAMPLES
  1. What is the number of valence electrons in the atom of an element A ha...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. There are 15 protons and 16 neutrons in the nucleus of an element. Cal...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. The atom of an element has 9 protons, 9 electrons and 10 neutrons. W...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. The atom of an element has 9 protons, 9 electrons and 10 neutrons. W...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The atom of an element has 9 protons, 9 electrons and 10 neutrons. N...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. The atom of an element has 9 protons, 9 electrons and 10 neutrons. P...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. The average atomic mass of copper is 63.5. It exists as two isotopes w...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. An electron is regarded as a universal particle. Explain.

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Most of the space in an atom is empty. Justify.

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Why do helium, neon and argon have a zero valency?

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Why are isotopes of an element chemically similar?

    Text Solution

    |

  12. The elements are identified by their atomic numbers and not by their m...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. The composition of two atomic particles is given : What is the m...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The composition of two atomic particles is given : What is the ma...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The composition of two atomic particles is given : What is the re...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. The composition of two atomic particles is given : Which element/...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Give three points of distinaction between isotopes and isobars.

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Both helium (He) and magnesium (Mg) have two valence electrons. He rep...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Which of the two elements would be more reactive, element A of atomic ...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. The atomic number of an element is 15. How many protons and electrons ...

    Text Solution

    |