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I'm not exactly sure the details that your instructor might want for this question.
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But when asked to describe the structure of a typical atom, we need to focus on where the protons are, the neutrons are, and where the electrons are.
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The protons and the neutrons are both going to be found in a really small nucleus in comparison to the size of the total atom.
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So i'm going to draw really small, and this is going to represent the nucleus, and inside of that nucleus we will have all of our protons and all of our neutrons.
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Neutrons are not charged, protons are positively charged, so the charge of the nucleus will be positive.
00:49
Inside of that nucleus, we also have essentially all of the mass of the atom.
00:54
So the majority of the mass of the atom is found in the nucleus, but the majority of the volume of the atom is found where the electrons are...