Page 16 - Miracles Within the Molecule

HArun yahya

divid ed a tiny pin point into 1,840 parts. The elec tron is vast ly small er
than any of these, because the larg er pro ton pos sess es a mass many mil -
lions of times small er than any thing we can see. This exam ple illus trates
just how small this micro world real ly is. 2
That part of the atom described as being "full" con sists of these tiny
par ti cles. If it were pos si ble to remove all the empty space in all the
atoms in New York City's Empire State Building, the mat ter remain ing
would be small er in vol ume than a box of sugar. Yet its weight—or as
phys i cists call it, mass—would remain unchanged, and it would be
impos si ble to lift this small box with even the most pow er ful
winch es. 3
Why would an atom's mass remain the same when all
empty space in it is removed? Because all its mass or den si ty
lies in the nucle us and the elec trons that com prise it.
Therefore, even though the nucle us and elec trons rep re sent
less than 0.1% of the atom's vol ume, they still exert an
extraordinary force.
An atom's diam e ter may be as small er
than a bil lionth of a cen ti me ter (1
cen ti me ter equals 0.4 of an

If you remove all the empty
space inside the atoms
com pris ing the Empire
State Building, its vol ume
will be that of a box of
sugar. However, they will
lose none of their mass.
Not even the most pow er -
ful winch es will be able to
move this box.

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