The Nucleus: Crash Course Chemistry #1

When talking about the atomic

nucleus

, I have a note about the pronunciation of the word "

nucleus

." You can say "nawah", that's an acceptable pronunciation of that word, but if you can do it, it's probably better to say "nawah", after all, that's how it's spelled. And so we conclude today's episode of Crash Course Chemistry. If you've been paying attention, you now know more about atoms than anyone in 1900, such as that their existence was finally confirmed after Einstein mathematically defined Brownian motion, that elements are chemically pure substances, and that the type of element that makes them up . An atom belongs to you by the number of protons it has in its nucleus, or by its atomic number.

You learned that neutrons stabilize the nuclei of protons, that different isotopes of the same element are the reason relative atomic masses are never whole numbers, that the nucleus is the tedious and boring parts of atoms, and that electrons They are where the interesting chemical things are found. happen. The series is filmed, directed and edited by Nick Jenkins and Dr. Heiko Langner is our chemical advisor. The sound designer is Michael Aranda. And the graphics team is Thought Bubble. If you have any questions, comments or ideas about any of these things, we will try to answer them in the comments section below.

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