QUICK FACTS
Created Jan 0001
Status Verified Sarcastic
Type Existential Dread
Keywords
atom (disambiguation), helium, nucleus, electron cloud, angstrom, chemical element

Atom

“For other uses, see Atom...”

Contents
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Etymology
  • 3. Cultural Impact

Atom

For other uses, see Atom (disambiguation) .

Atom

An illustration of the helium atom, depicting the nucleus (pink) and the electron cloud distribution (black). The nucleus (upper right) in helium-4 is in reality spherically symmetric and closely resembles the electron cloud, although for more complicated nuclei this is not always the case. The black bar is one angstrom (10 −10  m or 100 pm ).

| Classification | Smallest recognized division of a chemical element