The Chemistry talk

We all know the phrase "Atoms are the building blocks of everything." But have you ever wondered what these tiny particles are made of or what goes on inside them? Let's take a trip into the extremely  interesting atomic playground! At the very center of an atom, there is the nucleus – think of it as being densed in the atom, a heavyweight core packed with protons and neutrons. Protons possess positive electrical charge while neutrons bear no charge at all. Now here’s where things get really fascinating – whirling around this nucleus in a frenetic atomic dance are electrons. These minute negatively charged particles are arranged in shells or energy levels which lie at different distances from the nucleus. Think of it like this: The sun is to the nucleus as planets orbiting around it are to electrons (though their pathways resemble fuzzy clouds rather than fixed orbits). Electrons in the innermost shell are tightly bound whereas those in the outermost shell(s) constitute a...