Assertion: atom's nucleus | /r/HasProperty | dense
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Only few alpha particles rebounded after hitting the gold foil and this proved that the nucleus is very dense and hard.
text: Protons and neutrons are located in the nucleus, a dense central core in the middle of the atom, while the electrons are located outside the nucleus.
text: Based on experiments that showed the atom appeared to contain a small core of positive charge, Rutherford postulated that the atom consisted of a small, dense and positively charged nucleus, around which electrons orbited in circular rings.
text: The nucleus is dense; the mass of a nucleon is approximately 1,836 times that of an electron, yet the radius of an atom is about 10,000 times that of its nucleus.