Nuclear Model

What is Nuclear Model?

The nuclear model of the atom describes an atom as a very small, positively charged nucleus containing nearly all the atom's mass, with negatively charged electrons in orbit around it and most of the atom's volume empty space.

This definition is part of the Nuclear Physics chapter in Cambridge O Level Physics.

Concepts related to Nuclear Model

• alpha-particle scattering
• proton
• neutron
• electron
• Proton Number
• Nuclide