Atom
Everything around you is made of atoms.
The facts
- Shelf
- Atoms
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Licenses
- Public domain
How to play, in the Playground
Tap it to speed up the electrons. Pick any of the 118 elements in the Splash tab.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed up the electrons | Tap | ||
| Electrons | Slider | 0 to 100% | 50% |
| Energize | Button | ||
| Element | List | 118 choices | 6 Carbon |
| Nucleus | List | 2 choices | Simple |
| Style | List | 2 choices | Bohr |
About it
Everything around you is made of atoms. Each one has a tiny heavy center, the nucleus, made of protons and (in almost every atom) neutrons, with electrons around it. The number of protons decides which element it is: carbon has 6, oxygen 8 and gold 79. Pick any of the 118 elements in the Splash tab.
This model draws the electrons in rings called shells, an idea of Niels Bohr's from 1913; pick the Cloud style for a truer picture, or Every nucleon to see all its protons and neutrons. Tap it and the electrons whirl faster until each shell blurs into a glowing ring, then slow down. The nucleus is tens of thousands of times smaller than the whole atom, which is mostly empty space.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,002 at Low, and up to 1,000,000 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Atomic Weights and Isotopic Compositions; Atomic Spectra Database ground levels | NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory; PubChem; IUPAC (elements 95 to 118) | Public domain (facts) |
