About the Atom
Rakesh Mohan Hallen
Atomos is a Greek word, which means something that cannot be divided further. The familiar English word atom' indeed originated from this Greek word. It has been in vogue for at least past two centuries. A very large number of phenomena, which form the backbone of this column, can only be explained using this word. No wonder many of our readers are very curious to have some more details about atoms. Some of their queries are as follows:
What is an atom?
Atoms are not visible even under the electron microscope, then how do scientists see them?
Why is every orbit of an atom associated with some amount of energy?
Do the atoms of a substance have any characteristic of colour?
From where do electrons and protons get their charge?
Isn't the Bohr's model of atoms adequate for most practical purposes?
Atom is a concept in science just like energy or gravity. It helps us to relate the scientific explanations to a large......
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