STRUCTURE OF ATOM
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Atoms are the extremely small particles that are the basic building blocks of ordinary matter.
Atoms can join together to form molecules, which make up most objects. Different elements (e.g. oxygen, carbon, uranium) are made up of different types of atoms. An atom is the smallest unit of an element that will behave as that element.
Atoms consist of an extremely small, positively charged nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. Although typically the nucleus is less than one ten-thousandth the size of the atom, the nucleus contains more that 99.9% of the mass of the atom. Nuclei are made of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons held together by a nuclear force. This force is much stronger than the electrostatic force that binds electrons to the nucleus, but its range is limited to distances of the order of 1 x 10-15 meters.
See Figure 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tTF5P45wv5Nk3wOivy1iCque-syLmk60/view?usp=sharing

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