• Question: do atoms touch

    Asked by anon-190778 to Liam on 7 Nov 2018.
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      Liam Taylor answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      Brilliant question! The answer is…… sort of! Atoms are made of a big heavy centre part and surrounded by a cloud of tiny tiny tiny ‘particles’ called electrons. The electrons between two atoms can overlap and form ‘bonds’ with another atom – so in that sense, yes they do touch! But the big heavy centre part that makes up most of the atom doesn’t touch another normally.

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